Laryngeal Trauma Complicating a Suicide Attempt by Hanging
(2016) JBR-BTR — Vol. 100, n° 1, p. 1-2 (2016)
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- A 40-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room after a suicide attempt. He was found hanged in his garden shelter by a neighbour. The patient complained only of a slight dysphagia and anterior cervical pain. The clinical examination revealed no cutaneous lesion or neurological deficit. Head and neck CT scan with and without injection of contrast agent was performed. CT has shown displaced fractures of the two horns of the thyroïd cartilage (Figs. A, B; white arrow). Fractures were associated with a small tumefaction of the left hypopharyngeal soft tissue (Fig. C; white star) and left side of the larynx. The airways were patent. The ENT specialist achieved a laryngoscopy and confirmed the small buldging of the larynx, with no significant effect on the airways. Larynx mobility was conserved. A control fibroscopy was done 12 hours later with no modification of the lesions
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Tritschler, P., Delahaut, G., & Pavard, X. (2016). Laryngeal Trauma Complicating a Suicide Attempt by Hanging. JBR-BTR, 100(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.969 (Original work published 2016)