title: [Tracheostenosis caused by blunt thoracic trauma].
abstract: Blunt thoracic trauma rarely implicate retropharyngeal hematoma obstructing trachea. 85-year-old woman being struck on her cheek and anterior chest, visited our emergency room. She was nearly suffocated following stridor and dyspnea. Tracheal intubation relieved her dyspnea Chest computed tomography (CT) showed retropharyngeal hematoma obstructing trachea. 5 days conservative management reduced the hematoma and tracheal tube was extubated through an uneventful course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shimada Municipal Hospital, Shimada, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iwashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koshimizu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suganuma
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*