TY - JOUR
T1 - Hair tourniquet of the circumvallate papillae
T2 - A potentially "hairy" situation
AU - Schneider, Kari
AU - Kennebeck, Stephanie
AU - Madden, Lyndsay
AU - Campbell, Avril
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Oral foreign bodies and hair-thread tourniquets are fairly common findings. The combination of the two, however, is rarer. In this article, we present a case involving a hair-thread tourniquet of a circumvallate papillae (more commonly known as a "taste bud"). We discuss methods for removal of hair-thread tourniquets as well as techniques for examining children for oral foreign bodies.
AB - Oral foreign bodies and hair-thread tourniquets are fairly common findings. The combination of the two, however, is rarer. In this article, we present a case involving a hair-thread tourniquet of a circumvallate papillae (more commonly known as a "taste bud"). We discuss methods for removal of hair-thread tourniquets as well as techniques for examining children for oral foreign bodies.
KW - Circumvallate papillae
KW - Foreign body
KW - Hair tourniquet
KW - Oral cavity
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U2 - 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31829ec4c7
DO - 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31829ec4c7
M3 - Article
C2 - 23925251
AN - SCOPUS:84883286891
SN - 0749-5161
VL - 29
SP - 924
EP - 925
JO - Pediatric Emergency Care
JF - Pediatric Emergency Care
IS - 8
ER -