title: Palatal avulsion injury by a foreign body in a child.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl who claimed to have fallen while playing with metal rod that resulted in palatal avulsion injuries was presented. Neither of the parents was around when the incidence happened. She was brought to the hospital because of pain, bleeding from the mouth, drooling of saliva mixed with blood and inability to feed or phonate appropriately. Examinations of the oral cavity revealed a triangular area of avulsion in the posterior aspect of the hard palate extending to the soft palate. She had examination under anaesthesia and wound repaired with 3-0 vicryl interrupted sutures after thorough wound debridement. She did well and was discharged from the clinic.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, UITH, Ilorin, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Sulyman Biodun
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Alabi
authors.forename: Shuaib Kayode
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Aremu
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Abdulkadir
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Legbo
authors.forename: Halima J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Akande
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*