Citation

Gupta A, Purbey OP, Sunil K, Pandey A, Kureel SN. J. Indian Assoc. Pediatr. Surg. 2018; 23(3): 171-173.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Publisher MedKnow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_226_17

PMID

30050272

PMCID

PMC6042162

Abstract

Needle insertion is a rare form of child abuse that, though prevalent in the society as an attempted infanticide/homicide, remains undiagnosed and underreported. One should have strong suspicion for occurrence of child abuse in a child with history of needle injury. Here, we report an unusual case of 3-month-old boy with history of hypodermic needle extrusion from multiple sites of body and suspicion of possible child abuse.

Language: en

Keywords

Child abuse; needle injury; needle insertion