Management of thyroid gland hemorrhage after blunt trauma: a case report and review of the literature.
Background: Thyroid hemorrhage is a rare injury in patients suffering from blunt trauma to the neck. The case of a 60-year-old woman is described who developed increasing swelling in the neck with a mild inspiratory stridor after a fall from her bed. The fall had resulted in hemorrhage within a prev...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 587 - 591 |
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| Formato: | case study diagnostic images pictorial Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Dec2009
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105270828&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105270828 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 18639933 3C05 jtl: European Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery issn: 18639933 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2009 vid: 35 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 105270828 2010510905 10.1007/s00068-008-8226-2 105270828 ppf: 587 ppct: 4 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Management of thyroid gland hemorrhage after blunt trauma: a case report and review of the literature. aug: au: Schipper EE Kool DR Wobbes T Geeraedts LMG Jr affil: Section Traumatology, Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; e.schipper@chir.umcn.nl sug: subj: Hemorrhage Therapy Thyroid Gland Injuries Wounds and Injuries Complications Wounds, Nonpenetrating Complications Female Middle Age Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female ab: Background: Thyroid hemorrhage is a rare injury in patients suffering from blunt trauma to the neck. The case of a 60-year-old woman is described who developed increasing swelling in the neck with a mild inspiratory stridor after a fall from her bed. The fall had resulted in hemorrhage within a previously existing goiter. Further analysis by means of a CT scan revealed severe tracheal compression and active bleeding, which prompted immediate operative intervention. The patient recovered without complications. The decision-making process in this case is outlined, and other reports describing patients with thyroid hemorrhage after blunt cervical trauma are reviewed. Conclusion: Although blunt thyroid injury is an uncommon condition, failure to consider the diagnosis or failure to anticipate complications of thyroid hemorrhage may result in progressive bleeding and airway compromise. Decision making is based on the patient's vital signs and, if possible, the findings on a contrast-enhanced CT scan of the neck. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: case study diagnostic images pictorial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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