Citation

Mahmoud ME, Aldaraan KZ, Hassab MH. Int. J. Surg. Case Rep. 2019; 66: 58-62.

Affiliation

Pediatric Surgery Department, Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Hospital (PMAH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.11.046

PMID

31812123

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Children sometimes are victims of motor vehicle collision (MVC) along with their families. Motor vehicle collision can cause several patterns of blunt trauma resulting from the impact itself or penetrating trauma by broken glass or other sharp objects. Most cases can be managed conservatively as long as the hemodynamic parameters are stable & hollow viscera are intact. Usually, cases shared the same accident have different injury patterns. But herein, we present 2 sisters as victims of MVC with same lesions but at variable degrees. CASE PRESENTATION: Two sisters were referred to our hospital as victims of MVC and presented by nearly identical injuries (left lung injury, left kidney injury, retroperitoneal fluid collection, & left humerus fracture). Both girls were managed non-operatively until improved and became ready for discharge from the hospital in stable good health status.

CONCLUSION: Identical injuries in pediatric trauma victims do occur and should be considered and reported to raise the awareness about the importance of submission to vehicle safety protective rules especially for children.

Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Conservative management; Motor vehicle collision; Pediatric polytrauma; Renal trauma