J Korean Soc Traumatol.
2014 Sep;27(3):75-78. 10.0000/jti.2014.27.3.75.
A Case of Hypopharyngeal Perforation in a Trauma Patient on Ventilatory Support
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- 1Department of Trauma Surgery, Dong-A University Hospital, Korea. juvabien@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dong-A University Hospital, Korea.
- KMID: 2224103
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/jti.2014.27.3.75
Abstract
- Hypopharyngeal perforation is a rare, but fatal, complication. Clinical signs and symptoms of this condition are neck pain, odynophagia, dysphagia, fever, vomiting, cervical swelling and subcutaneous emphysema. However, these signs are obscured in patient suffering from severe trauma who has had an endotracheal tube inserted, which delay proper evaluation and treatment. Here, we report a case of hypopharyngeal perforation in a trauma patient who had an endotracheal tube inserted for mechanical ventilation.
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