Open AccessBlunt external laryngeal trauma: Two case reports
Author(s) -
Slobodan M. Mitrović
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0710489m
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , blunt trauma , surgery
External laryngeal trauma, blunt or penetrating, is rare but potentially life-threatening. Most frequently it occurs in motor vehicle accidents. The most common symptoms of external laryngeal injuries are: dysphagia, odynophagia, dysphonia, odynophonia, reduction of the laryngeal prominence, hemoptysis and neck crepitation.