Spontaneous surgical emphysema of the larynx following hyperextension of the neck

Surgical emphysema of the larynx is rare in the absence of trauma and there are a paucity of case reports that describe such conditions. We present what we believe to be an unusual, atraumatic mechanism for mucosal breech of the larynx with subsequent surgical emphysema. Nasendoscopy revealed oedema...

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Autores principales: Batt, Jeremy, White, Natalia, Dennis, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24876392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju003
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description Surgical emphysema of the larynx is rare in the absence of trauma and there are a paucity of case reports that describe such conditions. We present what we believe to be an unusual, atraumatic mechanism for mucosal breech of the larynx with subsequent surgical emphysema. Nasendoscopy revealed oedema of the arytenoid cartilage and computed tomography revealed moderate subcutaneous emphysema of the larynx. No fracture was seen. After conservative management the patient made a complete recovery.
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spelling pubmed-41979252014-10-16 Spontaneous surgical emphysema of the larynx following hyperextension of the neck Batt, Jeremy White, Natalia Dennis, Simon J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Surgical emphysema of the larynx is rare in the absence of trauma and there are a paucity of case reports that describe such conditions. We present what we believe to be an unusual, atraumatic mechanism for mucosal breech of the larynx with subsequent surgical emphysema. Nasendoscopy revealed oedema of the arytenoid cartilage and computed tomography revealed moderate subcutaneous emphysema of the larynx. No fracture was seen. After conservative management the patient made a complete recovery. Oxford University Press 2014-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4197925/ /pubmed/24876392 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju003 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2014. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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