title: A case of penetrating axillary trauma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Deep penetrating traumas of the axilla extending to the neck are rare and potentially dangerous.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 11-year-old child presented with an impressive penetrating axillary injury extending to the neck after falling on a tree branch. The wound was explored in the operating room (OR). A fragment of the branch was removed without injuring any vascular structure. The only lesion concerned the hypopharynx.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cervical wounds may have an axillary origin. These wounds must be systematically explored in the OR, given the risk of upper airway obstruction and vascular lesion.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Pédiatrique, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU Mohammed-VI, rue Ibn-Sina, Amerchiche, Marrakech, Morocco. ymouaffak@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mouaffak
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Elfadel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boutbaoucht
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: El Adib
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Younous
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aderdour
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: El Fezzazi
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D001365:Axilla / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D014197:Trees; D014934:Wood; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*