SynthesisBMC surgery2017
Thyroid gland hemorrhage after blunt neck trauma: case report and review of the literature.
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- Thyroid hematoma after blunt neck trauma.Trauma case reports · 2025Article
- Traumatic hemorrhage of the thyroid as a work-related injury: a case report and review of the literature.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2024Review
- Computed tomography angiographic study of surgical anatomy of thyroid arteries: Clinical implications in neck dissection.World journal of radiology · 2023Article
- Massive hemorrhage arising of inferior thyroid artery by radiofrequency ablation for secondary hyperparathyroidism: Two case reports.Medicine · 2022Article
- Isolated Cricoid Fracture and Thyroid Hematoma in Blunt Injury of the Neck.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022Article
- [Update on neck trauma].HNO · 2022Review
- External penetrating laryngeal trauma caused by a metal fragment: A Case Report.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- A Rare Case of Traumatic Thyroid Gland Hypoperfusion/Devascularization After a Gunshot Wound Through the Neck: Computed Tomography Findings.The American journal of case reports · 2021Article
- An Adolescent with Transient Hyperthyroxinemia after Blunt Trauma to Head and Neck.Case reports in endocrinology · 2021Article
- Spontaneous Thyroid Hemorrhage Caused by Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Case Report and Literature Review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Review
- Isolated thyroid hematoma after blunt neck trauma presented with aphonia.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2020Article
- Case Report of Spontaneous Thyroid Hemorrhage Following LMA Insertion.Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine · 2020Article
- A surgical case of mediastinal hematoma caused by a minor traffic injury.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2020Article
- Successful Nonoperative Management of a Traumatic Bilateral Thyroid Hemorrhage Following Blunt Neck Trauma.Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shockArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThyroid hemorrhage is considered to be an uncommon complication following blunt trauma to the neck. This condition is potentially life-threatening due to airway compression and may therefore require emergency airway management and surgical intervention in some cases. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 52-year-old woman who experienced a traumatic thyroid gland rupture (right lobe) with subsequent active arterial bleeding from branches of the inferior thyroid artery. On the same day, the patient presented to our emergency department with a painful swelling of the neck with an inspiratory stridor and hoarseness a few hours after a cycling accident. A right hemithyroidectomy was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful. We identified 33 additional cases published in English literature within the last 30 years, reporting blunt trauma to the neck with hemorrhagic complication of the thyroid gland. We provide a systematic review and particularly consider the aspects of endocrine surgery.
conclusionThe treatment approach for patients with blunt thyroid trauma should be dependent on the extent of the thyroid injury. Patients with tracheal compression, active bleeding and increasing hoarseness/shortness of breath require emergency airway control and often surgical exploration for hemorrhage control followed by resection of the ruptured thyroid. Importantly, in contrast to routine thyroid surgery, no electromyographic endotracheal tube is used during emergency intubation. Exchange of an endotracheal tube should be carefully evaluated due to difficult airway management in this setting. For protection against double-sided recurrent nerve palsy and postoperative hypoparathyroidism, a unilateral approach is preferable whenever possible.
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