Cricket ball trauma causing temporal space abscess: Report of a case

Abstract

A 9-year-old boy reported with swelling on right side of the face after injury by a cricket ball while fielding. There was a history of hot fermentation after which the swelling increased in size leading to a temporal space abscess. The patient underwent incision and drainage with uneventful healing and was followed-up for a period of 7 years.

Medical Attention Injuries in Cricket: A Systematic Review of Case Reports

“…Upper extremity injuries 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 41 43 44 47 48 were reported to be little higher in the present review, followed by lower extremity 34 39 40 50 51 52 and then head and neck, 22 25 36 37 42 52 unlike that reported across epidemiological studies. 8 10 Further, head and neck injuries were the most common site of injury in batting while extremity injuries were the most common in bowling and fielding injuries with upper extremities involved more in fielders and lower extremities in bowlers, which again may be explained by the mode and mechanism of injury, and role demand in the current review.…”

“…Thirty-two articles reporting 43 players were found eligible and were included in the current review [ Figure 1 and Table 1 ] 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 with 62% of studies published in the past decade. Seventy-one percent of the case studies were reported from the UK and India [Figures 2 and 3 ].…”

“…Very few case studies mentioned the word case report in the title or keyword, it can be explained to be due to the studies being published under the case report section of various journals. 22 24 27 29 31 34 36 41 43 44 45 46 49 50 52 53 Further, informed consent was mentioned in only 22% of case studies, which again can be explained by the fact that almost all the journals accept case reports with informed consent submitted or mentioned separately during submission.…”

“…Impact injuries were the most common mode of injury in the present review accounting for 47% of overall injuries. 22 25 26 30 32 34 35 36 37 40 42 45 48 49 51 52 The mode of injury was shown to be role dependent, with impact injury being the most common mode in batting and fielding injuries while gradual onset injuries being the most common mode in bowling injuries. This may explain the injury presentation to be largely acute in batting and fielding injuries while it being chronic in bowling injuries.…”

“…Although a different definition was used for the mode of injury and chronicity in one epidemiological study, it reported a similar picture. 8 Further, impact injuries were most commonly reported to be due to rising ball 22 25 32 34 35 37 42 45 49 52 or fielding technique and skill, 26 30 48 51 while the gradual onset injuries in bowling 23 24 27 30 33 38 39 44 46 47 were mainly reported to be due to workload, 23 27 30 38 39 followed by repetitive or prolong stress 24 33 44 and weight training. 47 Although various factors have been shown to be risk factors 13 14 50 for injuries in cricketers, there is a lack of reporting of the same in the present review, necessitating further research to establish the same.…”