title: Retropharyngeal hematoma secondary to whiplash injury in childhood: a case report.
abstract: Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD) has been reported as an adult phenomenon. Whiplash injury has classically been described as a cervical soft tissue hyperextension- flexion injury after a trauma such as a rear end impact car crash, contact sport injuries, blows to the head from a falling object or a punch and shaken baby syndrome and is mostly seen in adults . It is important as it may cause severe disability due to spinal cord injury, decrease work productivity and even retropharyngeal hematoma resulting airway obstruction and mortality due to bleeding amongst deep cervical fascias. We describe a case of retropharyngeal hematoma after whiplash injury in a childhood.
authors: Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Hakan
authors: H
authors: Nurata
authors: Muhammet Bahadır
authors: MB
authors: Yilmaz
authors: Alp Ozgun
authors: AO
authors: Borcek
authors: Ali Yusuf
authors: AY
authors: Oner
authors: M Kemali
authors: MK
authors: Baykaner
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010614:Pharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology