Hypopharyngeal perforation following minor trauma: a case report and literature review
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Hypopharyngeal perforation following minor trauma: a case report and literature review.
Hypopharyngeal perforation is mainly reported in association with high velocity road traffic accidents, or with low velocity direct blows to the neck. We report a case of hypopharyngeal perforation following a low velocity motorcycle accident where neither of these mechanisms of injury was apparent. A 52 year old man was referred from the emergency department (ED) with a sore throat and dysphag...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.012187