Survival from accidental strangulation from a scarf resulting in laryngeal rupture and carotid artery stenosis: the 'Isadora Duncan syndrome'. A case report and review of literature
| Autor: | R. J. Sanderson, R. J. Davenport, Paul Gowens, Jacqueline Kerr, A. K. Marsden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Larynx medicine.medical_specialty Carotid arteries Poison control Case Report Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Clothing Humans Medicine Carotid Stenosis Rupture Out of hospital business.industry Laryngeal trauma Syndrome General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Stenosis medicine.anatomical_structure Hemiparesis Accidents Emergency Medicine Female medicine.symptom business Accidental strangulation |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Medicine Journal. 20:391-393 |
| ISSN: | 1472-0213 1472-0205 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/emj.20.4.391 |
| Popis: | In 1929 the dancer Isadora Duncan died from strangulation and carotid artery insult when her scarf caught in the wheels of a motor vehicle in which she was travelling. As part of the Edinburgh Festival scene, cycle propelled rickshaws are in popular use as short range taxis. The case is presented of a student who sustained a laryngeal rupture from strangulation with a scarf in the same way as Isadora. Despite an out of hospital cardiorespiratory arrest, severe laryngeal trauma, and carotid artery damage resulting in hemiparesis, the patient was successfully resuscitated and recovered with no neurological deficit. It is believed that this is the first recorded survival from this condition. |
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