%0 Journal Article
%T Needle insertion in a child: a rare form of child abuse
%J Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
%D 2018
%A Gupta, Archika
%A Purbey, Om Prakash
%A Sunil, Kanoujia
%A Pandey, Anand
%A Kureel, Shiv Narain
%V 23
%N 3
%P 171-173
%X 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I MedKnow Publications
%@ 0971-9261
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_226_17