'Bless you'- a case of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to sternutation
Spontaneous perforation of the pharynx has been rarely reported in the literature. Cases of barotrauma from stifling a sneeze have been reported previously. Symptoms are often non-specific which makes diagnosis challenging. We report a case of 63-year-old man nearing completion of chemoradiotherapy...
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| description | Spontaneous perforation of the pharynx has been rarely reported in the literature. Cases of barotrauma from stifling a sneeze have been reported previously. Symptoms are often non-specific which makes diagnosis challenging. We report a case of 63-year-old man nearing completion of chemoradiotherapy for base of tongue squamous cell carcinoma who was referred after feeling a ‘tearing’ sensation in his neck after sneezing. This is the first case reported in the literature of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to a sneeze in a patient with a head and neck tumour undergoing radiotherapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b29e7cf480b486fb757408eca7a00db2022-12-22T03:44:21ZengElsevierOtolaryngology Case Reports2468-54882022-09-0124100444'Bless you'- a case of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to sternutationBen Walters0Amy Lovett1Ding Yang2Elizabeth Ross3Corresponding author. C/O ENT Secretaries, ENT Office, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG, UK.; ENT Department, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG, UKENT Department, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG, UKENT Department, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG, UKENT Department, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG, UKSpontaneous perforation of the pharynx has been rarely reported in the literature. Cases of barotrauma from stifling a sneeze have been reported previously. Symptoms are often non-specific which makes diagnosis challenging. We report a case of 63-year-old man nearing completion of chemoradiotherapy for base of tongue squamous cell carcinoma who was referred after feeling a ‘tearing’ sensation in his neck after sneezing. This is the first case reported in the literature of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to a sneeze in a patient with a head and neck tumour undergoing radiotherapy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548822000534 |
| spellingShingle | Ben Walters Amy Lovett Ding Yang Elizabeth Ross 'Bless you'- a case of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to sternutation Otolaryngology Case Reports |
| title | 'Bless you'- a case of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to sternutation |
| title_full | 'Bless you'- a case of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to sternutation |
| title_fullStr | 'Bless you'- a case of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to sternutation |
| title_full_unstemmed | 'Bless you'- a case of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to sternutation |
| title_short | 'Bless you'- a case of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to sternutation |
| title_sort | bless you a case of oropharyngeal perforation secondary to sternutation |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548822000534 |
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