Traumatic asphyxia with a 'masque ecchymotique' in a

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg · Apr 2023

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Traumatic asphyxia with a 'masque ecchymotique' in a 14-year-old adolescent.

Traumatic asphyxia, which is manifested by facial edema, cyanosis, subconjunctival hemorrhage, and petechiae on the upper chest and abdomen, is a very rare clinical syndrome in children. In adults, the incidence of traumatic asphyxia was reported as 1 case/18,500 accidents, but the actual incidence is not known for pediatric population. Traumatic asphyxia is a mechanical cause of hypoxia resulting from sudden compression of the thoracic-abdominal region and the valsalva maneuver is necessary for the development of this syn-drome. Here, we describe a case of traumatic asphyxia with an ecchymotic mask in a 14-year-old boy who was referred to our pediatric emergency department.

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- Nihan Şık, Oğuzhan Başerdem, Murat Duman, and Durgül Yılmaz.
- Division of Pediatric Emergency Care, Department of Pediatrics, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir-Türkiye.
- Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2023 Apr 1; 29 (4): 543545543-545.
AbstractTraumatic asphyxia, which is manifested by facial edema, cyanosis, subconjunctival hemorrhage, and petechiae on the upper chest and abdomen, is a very rare clinical syndrome in children. In adults, the incidence of traumatic asphyxia was reported as 1 case/18,500 accidents, but the actual incidence is not known for pediatric population. Traumatic asphyxia is a mechanical cause of hypoxia resulting from sudden compression of the thoracic-abdominal region and the valsalva maneuver is necessary for the development of this syn-drome. Here, we describe a case of traumatic asphyxia with an ecchymotic mask in a 14-year-old boy who was referred to our pediatric emergency department.

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