Aksakal Ceyhun, Karaca Ilgıt
Ear Nose Throat Department, Tokat State Hospital, Tokat, Turkey.
Emergency Department, Tokat State Hospital, Tokat, Turkey.
Turk J Emerg Med. 2018 Sep 6;19(1):30-32. doi: 10.1016/j.tjem.2018.08.004. eCollection 2019 Jan.
Blunt laryngeal trauma is a rare causes of emergency applications. Early diagnosis and treatment are important.
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.
Endoscopic examination is important when there is no obvious physical examination finding on the in blunt neck trauma.
钝性喉外伤是急诊就诊的罕见原因。早期诊断和治疗很重要。
一名62岁女性因钝性喉外伤后出现喉部疼痛、声音嘶哑和吞咽困难而就诊于急诊科。患者无呼吸窘迫。喉部区域无瘀斑和水肿。计算机断层扫描显示甲状腺和环状软骨无骨折。内镜检查可见左侧声带孤立性血肿。
钝性颈部外伤时,若体格检查无明显发现,内镜检查很重要。