Open AccessLIFE THREATENING KNIFE IMPALEMENT INJURY TO THE CRANIOFACIAL REGION: REPORT OF A RARE CASE
Author(s) -
Miklosh Bala,
ME Ogbeide,
AO Taiwo,
Adebayo Aremu Ibikunle,
BC Chukwuma,
FA Sadeeq,
GU Ndubuizu,
R Jaafar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
caliphate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2346-7207
pISSN - 2346-7193
DOI - 10.47837/cmj.202194.1
Subject(s) - zygomatic arch , tongue , craniofacial , surgery , medicine , infratemporal fossa , skull , pathology , psychiatry
Assault due to various causes has been on the rise in our environment. We report a case of 28-year-old Okada rider who was attacked by his passenger with knife. Examination revealed 35cm long knife standing horizontally at the right supra zygomatic region with about 15cm penetrating and passing below the zygomatic arch to reach the infratemporal fossa. There was complete loss of sensation of the right side of the tongue and the right side of the lower lip. The patient was taken to operation theater and right temporary external carotid ligation was done and the knife was removed with little bleeding from site of its penetration.