Traumatic pediatric bear injury resulting in cerebrospinal fluid leakage.

Autor: Kropp Lopez AK; Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical Care, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711, United States., Lopez RA; Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical Care, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of surgical case reports [J Surg Case Rep] 2024 Aug 09; Vol. 2024 (8), pp. rjae235. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 09 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjae235
Abstrakt: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a known sequela of open traumatic skull fractures within the pediatric traumatic brain injury population. Black bears are a known entity within the region of northeast Pennsylvania. It is plausible to have a bear-human interaction resulting in significant bodily injury. A 15-month-old male presented in May 2023 as a level 1 trauma alert for a concerning wound at the base of the skull leaking clear fluid; suspicious for CSF. As a result of this interaction, significant bodily injury can occur, such as CSF leaks and traumatic skull fractures. Living in a region within a known bear population poses a minimal risk of injury. Pediatric populations are usually at a low risk for traumatic CSF leaks. Most of the CSF leaks will resolve spontaneously, without acute surgical intervention, as was seen in our patient after a traumatic bear mauling.
Competing Interests: None declared.
(Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. © The Author(s) 2024.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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