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Paediatric oral electrical burn
  1. Hsuan-An Chen1,
  2. Yen-Chen Yu2,
  3. Chih-Jung Chang1,3
  1. 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  2. 2 Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  3. 3 Graduate Institute of Medicine, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chih-Jung Chang, Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan; chihjung0729{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2023-213740

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    Clinical introduction

    A girl aged 5 years presented to the ED with oral wounds after putting the end of a low-voltage (110 V) household appliance electrical cord in her mouth. She felt an immediate burning pain in her mouth and circumoral numbness. She had tongue protrusion and drooling, with normal observations. The burn can be seen in figure 1.

    Figure 1

    Photographs taken on arrival at the ED showing tongue protrusion after an electrical burn.

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    For oral electrical burns which statement is correct:

    1. Systemic complications are common.

    2. Massive …

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    Footnotes

    • Handling editor Sarah Edwards

    • Contributors H-AC acquired the clinical data, drafted the manuscript and maintained contact and consent with the patient. Y-CY did revision of the manuscript and served as scientific advisor. C-JC was responsible for editing the article and gave final approval to the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.