Citation

Gulbahar G, Kaplan T, Gundogdu AG, Baran HN, Kazanci B, Kocer B, Han S. Case Rep. Emerg. Med. 2015; 2015: e359814.

Affiliation

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2015/359814

PMID

26090242

PMCID

PMC4458292

Abstract

Traumatic asphyxia is a rare syndrome caused by blunt thoracoabdominal trauma and characterized by cyanosis, edema, and subconjunctival and petechial hemorrhage on the face, neck, upper extremities, and the upper parts of the thorax. Traumatic asphyxia is usually diagnosed by history and inspection; however, the patient should be monitored more closely due to probable complications of thoracoabdominal injuries. Treatment is conservative, but the prognosis depends on the severity of the associated injuries. Herein we present a traumatic asphyxia due to an elevator accident in a 32-year-old male patient and discuss the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis by reviewing the relevant literature.

Language: en