Soft Tissue Hematoma of the Neck Due to Thyroid Rupture with Unusual Mechanism

Soft Tissue Hematoma of the Neck Due to Thyroid Rupture with Unusual Mechanism

Highlights • Massive bleeding from the thyroid without direct neck trauma rarely causes airway compromise. • Physicians should regard possible thyroid gland rupture in patients with swelling of the neck or acute respiratory failure after direct/indirect trauma to the neck. • Airway management is the...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of surgery case reports 2016-01, Vol.26, p.217-220
Hauptverfasser: Tsukahara, Kohei, Sato, Keiji, Yumoto, Tetsuya, Iida, Atsuyoshi, Nosaka, Nobuyuki, Terado, Michihisa, Naito, Hiromichi, Orita, Yorihisa, Naito, Tomoyuki, Miki, Kentaro, Sugihara, Mayu, Nagao, Satoko, Ugawa, Toyomu, Nakao, Atsunori, MD, PhD
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Sprache:eng
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Airway distress
Blunt trauma
Case Report
Soft tissue hematoma
Surgery
Thyroid artery
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Massive bleeding from the thyroid without direct neck trauma rarely causes airway compromise. • Physicians should regard possible thyroid gland rupture in patients with swelling of the neck or acute respiratory failure after direct/indirect trauma to the neck. • Airway management is the most important consideration in such patients with thyroid injury.
ISSN:2210-2612
2210-2612
DOI:10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.08.002