The Tin Whistle: A Rare and Serious Cause of Penetrating Oropharyngeal Trauma in Children

Impalement injuries of the oral cavity are common in children and the potential for serious complications including internal carotid artery thrombosis can be unnoticed. We present a patient who sustained a penetrating injury in which a “tin whistle” caused herniation of the parotid gland which was n...

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Autores principales: Francis, E. C., Browne, K. M., Eadie, P. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25197581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/562418
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description Impalement injuries of the oral cavity are common in children and the potential for serious complications including internal carotid artery thrombosis can be unnoticed. We present a patient who sustained a penetrating injury in which a “tin whistle” caused herniation of the parotid gland which was not detected on clinical examination. We discuss the challenging clinical examination, the role of investigations, and consequences of these injuries aiming at increasing awareness and optimizing patient management.
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spelling pubmed-41471972014-09-07 The Tin Whistle: A Rare and Serious Cause of Penetrating Oropharyngeal Trauma in Children Francis, E. C. Browne, K. M. Eadie, P. A. Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report Impalement injuries of the oral cavity are common in children and the potential for serious complications including internal carotid artery thrombosis can be unnoticed. We present a patient who sustained a penetrating injury in which a “tin whistle” caused herniation of the parotid gland which was not detected on clinical examination. We discuss the challenging clinical examination, the role of investigations, and consequences of these injuries aiming at increasing awareness and optimizing patient management. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4147197/ /pubmed/25197581 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/562418 Text en Copyright © 2014 E. C. Francis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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