Breakage of Growth Hormone Needle in Subcutaneous Tissue of a Six-Year-Old Child's Buttock
2017
Here, we present a six-year-old boy, whose growth
hormone (GH)
injection
needle (34-gauge, 4 mm length)
broke and was embedded in the subcutaneous
tissue
of
his
buttock.
First, we immediately
attempted
to remove
the needle under local anesthesia, however, we were
unable to locate the needle due to its
tiny
size even
though we used ultrasonography. Therefore, we used
computed tomography (CT) guided marking to remove
the needle under general anesthesia. We want to
emphasize that
patients
receiving GH therapy should be
aware of the possibility of needle breakage, and they
should be taught proper
injection
techniques to prevent
accidents.
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