SPLENIC ODYSSEY - TRAUMATIC RETROPHARYNGEAL DISPLACEMENT OF THORACOABDOMINAL VISCERA

Authors
MELLEN PF HAUSE DW
Citation
Pf. Mellen et Dw. Hause, SPLENIC ODYSSEY - TRAUMATIC RETROPHARYNGEAL DISPLACEMENT OF THORACOABDOMINAL VISCERA, The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 16(1), 1995, pp. 54-55
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal",Pathology
Journal title
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01957910
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
54 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-7910(1995)16:1<54:SO-TRD>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The retropharyngeal space (RPS) is a fascial compartment of the midlin e of neck, posterior to the pharynx, anterior to the spine. Pathologic involvement of RPS includes tumors, abscesses, and traumatic hematoma s, all of which may dissect inferiorly into the thoracic compartment. We describe two cases in which severe trauma of the torso resulted in dissection of thoracoabdominal contents upward into the RPS-an apparen tly undocumented phenomenon.