Unusual inflicted hot oil burns in a 7-year-old
| Autor: | Syana Mukadam, Elizabeth Gilles |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Demographics Injury control Cooking oil Accident prevention Poison control Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Bites Human Dietary Fats Unsaturated Injury prevention medicine Humans Child Abuse Child business.industry Hand Injuries General Medicine Cooking and Eating Utensils eye diseases Surgery Emergency Medicine Etiology Female Pediatric burn Burns business |
| Zdroj: | Burns. 29:83-86 |
| ISSN: | 0305-4179 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0305-4179(02)00076-1 |
| Popis: | Pediatric burn injuries occur not infrequently as the result of abuse. While the majority of these burns are inflicted scald burns, those due to contact or contact/scald mechanisms may present diagnostic challenges. A child with unusual combined contact and scald burns caused by a metal spatula heated in hot cooking oil is described. The odd pattern of healed injury limited the initial diagnosis to inflicted healing burns. Despite the initial lack of disclosure, an inflicted etiology was supported by clearly delineated margins, macular lesions with hyper-pigmented rims and variegated central regions. Additional findings of numerous adult bites and bruises provided adjunctive support for an inflicted etiology. Aspects of this case are atypical for the usual demographics of a burn victim. This case extends the known presentations of inflicted contact/scald burns. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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