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Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. · May 2013
Review Case ReportsThyroid gland rupture: a rare finding after a blunt neck trauma.
- Faisal Zawawi, Rickul Varshney, Richard J Payne, and John J Manoukian.
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. faisalzawawi@gmail.com
- Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 May 1;77(5):863-5.
AbstractThis is a case report of a 13 years old boy with a thyroid rupture secondary to a hockey stick blunt trauma to his neck and a literature review focused on diagnosis and management. There are 14 other cases in the literature, 7 of which required surgical intervention mainly to evacuate a hematoma. The case in this review did not develop any complications. This is the first reported case in the literature of thyroid gland rupture due to a blunt trauma in a child. Patients with thyroid gland rupture should be monitored closely for developing a hematoma or thyroid storm.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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