title: Skull-Embedded Earring due to a Fall: A Complication and Therapeutic Considerations.
abstract: Although earring-related injuries are well described, an earring becoming forcefully embedded in the skull is unusual and has not previously been reported in the literature. We present the case of an 11-year-old child who posed interesting therapeutic considerations given this presentation.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Paediatric, Schulich School of Medicine at the Western University Children's Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Krista
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Helleman
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andres
authors.forename: Jooho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Karen Elaine
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Forward
authors.forename: Rodrick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D046288:Body Piercing; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000293:injuries*