Traumatic retropharyngeal hematoma: A rare and critical pathology needed for early diagnosis

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 713-715

  Duvillard, Christian ^a   Ballester, Michel ^a   Romanet, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Blunt trauma; Open trauma; Retropharyngeal hematoma

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; PHARYNX TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DRAINAGE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NECK INJURIES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26444609611     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-004-0767-3     Document Type: Article

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