Isolated vocal cord hematoma developing after blunt neck trauma

INTRODUCTION: Blunt laryngeal trauma is a rare causes of emergency applications. Early diagnosis and treatment are important. CASE PRESENTATIONS: A 62-year-old woman applied to emergency department with pain over the larynx, hoarseness and dysphagia that starting after blunt laryngeal trauma. The pa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Aksakal, Ceyhun, Karaca, Ilgıt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6370999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30793063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2018.08.004
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Blunt laryngeal trauma is a rare causes of emergency applications. Early diagnosis and treatment are important. CASE PRESENTATIONS: A 62-year-old woman applied to emergency department with pain over the larynx, hoarseness and dysphagia that starting after blunt laryngeal trauma. The patient had no respiratory distress. There was no ecchymosis and edema in the laryngeal area. Computed tomography showed no thyroid and cricoid cartilage fractures. Isolated hematoma was seen in the left vocal cord at the endoscopic view. CONCLUSION: Endoscopic examination is important when there is no obvious physical examination finding on the in blunt neck trauma.

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