Impalement abdominal injury in a 6-year-old child

Penetrating abdominal injuries in children usually result from accident or nonintentional means. They are not as common as in adults. Impalement abdominal injuries in children are very rare and have been scarcely reported in the literature. An impalement abdominal injury with a pencil in a child is an unusual event which requires reporting. This case report is on a 6-year-old boy who sustained an impalement abdominal injury with a pencil, he was rushed to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu with the impaled object (pencil) in situ. He was admitted to the children emergency room of the hospital, stabilized and had exploratory laparotomy and removal of the impaled object under direct vision.