title: Interventional radiology in the management of superior thyroid artery injury which presents as a diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: Following a forgotten iron splinter injury, a 19 year old male developed a slowly increasing extrathyroidal haematoma, which presented as a diagnostic dilemma. Surgical exploration failed to establish a diagnosis and was complicated by severe haemorrhage. Emergency angiography demonstrated injury to the superior thyroid artery. Therapeutic embolization and surgical exploration resulted in functional and anatomical recovery of the thyroid lobe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gambhir
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Phadke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000098:blood supply*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis