[Tracheostenosis caused by blunt thoracic trauma].
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.
Saito
M
M
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shimada Municipal Hospital, Shimada, Japan.
Kobayashi
J
J
Takashima
Y
Y
Inoue
Y
Y
Ito
Y
Y
Matsuura
S
S
Iwashima
D
D
Saito
Y
Y
Matsui
K
K
Koshimizu
N
N
Suganuma
H
H
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*