title: Thyroid gland rupture: a rare finding after a blunt neck trauma.
abstract: This is a case report of a 13 years old boy with a thyroid rupture secondary to a hockey stick blunt trauma to his neck and a literature review focused on diagnosis and management. There are 14 other cases in the literature, 7 of which required surgical intervention mainly to evacuate a hematoma. The case in this review did not develop any complications. This is the first reported case in the literature of thyroid gland rupture due to a blunt trauma in a child. Patients with thyroid gland rupture should be monitored closely for developing a hematoma or thyroid storm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. faisalzawawi@gmail.com
authors.forename: Faisal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zawawi
authors.forename: Rickul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Manoukian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006688:Hockey / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012421:Rupture; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery