Citation

Helleman K, Andres K, Lee J, Forward KE, Lim R. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2016; 32(10): 696-697.

Affiliation

From the Department of Paediatric, Schulich School of Medicine at the Western University Children's Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PEC.0000000000000926

PMID

27749666

Abstract

Although earring-related injuries are well described, an earring becoming forcefully embedded in the skull is unusual and has not previously been reported in the literature. We present the case of an 11-year-old child who posed interesting therapeutic considerations given this presentation.

Language: en