Shattered thyroid gland in a young boy after a blunt neck trauma
Blunt thyroid injury in motor vehicle accident in paediatric patient is relatively rare. The symptoms are often barely anterior neck swelling which gradually increases in size and may or may not compromise the airway, and it can be fatal if missed to be identified. We described the case of a 15-y...
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| author | Khim, Soon Vong Mohamad, Irfan Mohamad, Hazama Zakaria, Zaidi |
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| description | Blunt thyroid injury in motor vehicle accident in paediatric patient is relatively rare. The
symptoms are often barely anterior neck swelling which gradually increases in size and may or may
not compromise the airway, and it can be fatal if missed to be identified. We described the case of a
15-year-old boy who involved in an accident and sustained a shattered thyroid gland despite no
open wound in the neck. The management issues were outlined. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-372202017-10-20T01:28:48Z http://eprints.usm.my/37220/ Shattered thyroid gland in a young boy after a blunt neck trauma Khim, Soon Vong Mohamad, Irfan Mohamad, Hazama Zakaria, Zaidi RF Otorhinolaryngology Blunt thyroid injury in motor vehicle accident in paediatric patient is relatively rare. The symptoms are often barely anterior neck swelling which gradually increases in size and may or may not compromise the airway, and it can be fatal if missed to be identified. We described the case of a 15-year-old boy who involved in an accident and sustained a shattered thyroid gland despite no open wound in the neck. The management issues were outlined. Elsevier 2016 Article PeerReviewed Khim, Soon Vong and Mohamad, Irfan and Mohamad, Hazama and Zakaria, Zaidi (2016) Shattered thyroid gland in a young boy after a blunt neck trauma. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 17. pp. 115-118. ISSN 2090-0740 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejenta.2016.05.007 |
| spellingShingle | RF Otorhinolaryngology Khim, Soon Vong Mohamad, Irfan Mohamad, Hazama Zakaria, Zaidi Shattered thyroid gland in a young boy after a blunt neck trauma |
| title | Shattered thyroid gland in a young boy after a blunt
neck trauma |
| title_full | Shattered thyroid gland in a young boy after a blunt
neck trauma |
| title_fullStr | Shattered thyroid gland in a young boy after a blunt
neck trauma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shattered thyroid gland in a young boy after a blunt
neck trauma |
| title_short | Shattered thyroid gland in a young boy after a blunt
neck trauma |
| title_sort | shattered thyroid gland in a young boy after a blunt neck trauma |
| topic | RF Otorhinolaryngology |
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