Tracheal Laceration Due to Thyroid Cartilage Fracture: One Case Report.
- Author:
Seock Yeol LEE
1
;
Keun HER
;
Man Bok LEE
;
Kihl Rho LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Kumi Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tracheal injury;
Emphysema
- MeSH:
Accidents, Traffic;
Diagnosis;
Edema;
Emergency Service, Hospital;
Emphysema;
Humans;
Lacerations*;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Subcutaneous Emphysema;
Thyroid Cartilage*;
Thyroid Gland*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2000;33(11):919-921
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 50-year-old male visited the emergency room due to the cervical edema caused by a traffic accident. At the cervial CT, diagnosis was confirmed as extensive cervical subcutaneous emphysema secondary to tracheal laceration as a thyroid cartilage fracture. The patient showed loss of symptom after conservative treatment. Thyroid cartilage fracture is rare and tracheal laceration as a result of thyroid cartilage fracture has never been reported in the literatures. Thus we herein report this one case.
