Spontaneous intrathyroidal hematoma causing airway obstruction A case report

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 35, 2016, Pages

  Best, Corliss A E ^a   Dhaliwal, Sandeep ^a   Tam, Samantha ^a   Low, T Hubert ^a   Hughes, Brian ^a   Fung, Kevin ^a   MacNeil, S Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Spontaneous thyroid bleed; Thyroid hematoma; Thyroid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HEMITHYROIDECTOMY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NECK; NECK PAIN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PALPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RIGIDITY; SPONTANEOUS INTRATHYROIDAL HEMATOMA; SWELLING; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; THYROID DISEASES;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 84987749353     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003209     Document Type: Article

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