Laryngeal Trauma Complicating a Suicide Attempt by Hanging
| Autor: | Gilles Delahaut, Pierre Tritschler, Xavier Pavard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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lcsh:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Larynx medicine.medical_specialty Images in Clinical Radiology medicine.diagnostic_test Suicide attempt business.industry lcsh:R895-920 Laryngoscopy Soft tissue Laryngeal trauma Physical examination Thyroid cartilage Dysphagia 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, Vol 100, Iss 1 (2016) Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology; Vol 100, No 1 (2016); 2 Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology |
| ISSN: | 1780-2393 |
| Popis: | A 40-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room after a suicide attempt. He was found hanged in his garden shelter by a neighbour. The patient complained only of a slight dysphagia and anterior cervical pain. The clinical examination revealed no cutaneous lesion or neurological deficit. Head and neck CT scan with and without injection of contrast agent was performed. CT has shown displaced fractures of the two horns of the thyroid cartilage (Figs. A, B; white arrow). Fractures were associated with a small tumefaction of the left hypopharyngeal soft tissue (Fig. C; white star) and left side of the larynx. The airways were patent. The ENT specialist achieved a laryngoscopy and confirmed the small buldging of the larynx, with |
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