Thyroid gland hematoma after blunt cervical trauma

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 348-350

  Blaivas, Michael ^a   Hom, Darren B ^a   Younger, John G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Neck trauma; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0032769740     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90083-9     Document Type: Article

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