Acute goiter hematoma following blunt neck trauma

Acute goiter hematoma following blunt neck trauma

Traumatic hemorrhage into the thyroid gland is rarely reported. We report the case of a 30-year-old man who sustained blunt trauma to his neck, resulting in hemorrhage into a previously existing goiter. The patient's goiter was drained in the hospital. He was doing well at a three-month follow-...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of emergency medicine 1987-11, Vol.16 (11), p.1300-1301
Hauptverfasser: Behrends, Rebecca L, Low, Ronald B
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accidental Falls
Accidents
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Endocrinopathies
Goiter - complications
goiter hematoma trauma
Hemorrhage - etiology
Humans
Male
Malignant tumors
Medical sciences
Thyroid Diseases - etiology
Thyroid Gland - injuries
Thyroid. Thyroid axis (diseases)
trauma neck blunt
Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications
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Zusammenfassung:Traumatic hemorrhage into the thyroid gland is rarely reported. We report the case of a 30-year-old man who sustained blunt trauma to his neck, resulting in hemorrhage into a previously existing goiter. The patient's goiter was drained in the hospital. He was doing well at a three-month follow-up.
ISSN:0196-0644
1097-6760
DOI:10.1016/S0196-0644(87)80247-0