PERFORATION IN HYPOPHARYNX AND DEEP CERVICAL EMPHYSEMA CAUSED BY BLUNT EXTERNAL TRAUMA

Authors
KIUKAANNIEMI H PIRILA T JOKINEN K
Citation
H. Kiukaanniemi et al., PERFORATION IN HYPOPHARYNX AND DEEP CERVICAL EMPHYSEMA CAUSED BY BLUNT EXTERNAL TRAUMA, Military medicine, 160(9), 1995, pp. 479-481
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine Miscellaneus
Journal title
Military medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00264075
Volume
160
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
479 - 481
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-4075(1995)160:9<479:PIHADC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We present a case in which a blunt external trauma caused a perforatin g wound in the hypopharynx without any superficial damage on the skin of the neck, Deep cervical emphysema and general signs of systemic inf ection followed. The wound was sutured through an endoscope and the pa tient recovered uneventfully. The importance of the early diagnosis is emphasized.