BACKGROUND Cervical hematomas can lead to airway compromise, a life threatening condition, regardless of the cause. The following case is the first presentation of cervical hematoma as a complication of endovascular treatment of middle cerebral artery aneurysm. CASE REPORT A 49 year-old woman was scheduled for stent placement under general anesthesia for middle cerebral artery aneurysm. Few d...

: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) following radiation therapy is a much-feared complication of the treatment head and neck cancer. Free flap reconstruction in ORN patient has specific challenges for surgeon. From 2014 to 2020 Head Neck Microvascular unit Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Division at Jackson Health/University Miami treated 149 patients with free reconstruction. The fibula (n=65) anterior late...

INTRODUCTION Axillary artery injury in the shoulder region following blunt trauma without association with either shoulder dislocation or fracture of the humeral neck has been previously reported. Axillary artery injury might also be accompanied with brachial plexus injury. However, delayed onset of brachial plexus palsy caused by a compressive hematoma associated with axillary injury after blu...

Umbilical and supraumbilical catheter insertion is a common procedure performed in the NICU. It is a safe and usually easy procedure devoid of serious mishaps, morbidity and mortality. Complications such as hemorrhage, infection, hernia, evisceration, omphalitis, portal vein thrombosis and portal hypertension may occur after umbilical catheter insertion. Other uncommon and rare complications re...

Although thyroid surgery is a relatively safe procedure, it may be associated with some clinically concerning postoperative complications, including cervical hematoma, incision infection, hypocalcemia, and in cases vocal cord paralysis. Of these, the development of hematoma lead to symptoms compression causing airway obstruction, respiratory distress, or even death due suffocation. Therefore, p...

<p>Eagle's syndrome is characterized by elongation of the styloid process or calcification stylohyoid ligament, which irritates and disturbs adjacent anatomical structures. Its symptomatology polymorphic. However, neurovascular manifestations may exceptionally be noted. We report a case incidental discovery during an exploration for spontaneous retro-mandibular hematoma. The patient was 7...

“Whiplash Injury” describes those injury deriving from the sharp whipping movement of both head andneck, produced at moment a traffic accident, particularly following collision behind, head-on orside collisions. The use safety belts has led to reduction in deaths front-end collisions, butalso an increase cases typical whiplash. There are two types forces that cause whiplash injuries inrear-end ...

We herein report the case of a patient with an acute cervicomediastinal hematoma secondary to the spontaneous rupture of a parathyroid adenoma. A 47-year-old female presented with swelling and pain in the neck. She had no history of trauma or of having undergone any medical or odontological procedures. An ultrasound examination revealed the presence of an obscure mass located behind the right l...

Spontaneous hematoma within the iliopsoas muscle (SIH) is a rare complication most commonly seen in coagulopathic patients. Often, patients undergoing microvascular free tissue transfer are anticoagulated for anastomotic patency. Here we describe two cases of postoperative SIH following contralateral anterolateral thigh (ALT) free tissue transfer for reconstruction of oncologic head and neck de...

SUMMARY Tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesions of the head and neck are rare. CNS involvement has not been reported. We present a histologically proven case of a tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesion that originated in the left side of the neck and progressed over 2 years to involve the meninges, the cavernous sinuses, the right temporal lobe, and the right orbit. The lesion caused destruction of...