Horse Bite Injury to the Lip: A Case Report

Background: Bite injuries to the face arecommonlycaused by pets and humans. Bite injury by horse is uncommon. A caseofhorsebiteinjuryanditsmanagementisreported. Patient and Method: A 12-year-old boy sustained a full thickness avulsion injury to the lower lip following a bite by a horse.Thelip wasreconstructedatKomfoAnokyeTeaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, within 48 hours of injury under general anaesthesia , using a local flap. The patient had a Results: Conclusion: full course of Amoxicillin and metronidazole, post operatively. Healing was uneventful and both the functional andcosmeticoutcomesweresatisfactory. Horse bite is a rare but a potentially serious injury, especially following provocation of the animal. Children should be properly supervised when they are handlingtheanimal.