[Dyspnea and globus sensation after a minor head injury]

Allard Aukema; Oene A van Meer; Heiko Locher

[Dyspnea and globus sensation after a minor head injury]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2019 Feb 1:163:D2923.

[Article in Dutch]

Authors

Allard Aukema^{1

2}, Oene A van Meer¹, Heiko Locher³

Affiliations

¹ LUMC, afd. Spoedeisende Hulp, Leiden.
² Contact: A. Aukema (a.aukema@lumc.nl).
³ LUMC, afd. Keel- Neus- en Oorheelkunde, Leiden.

PMID: 30730684

Abstract

A 91-year-old woman visited the emergency department with dyspnea and globus sensation after a minor head injury. A CT-scan of the spine showed a retropharyngeal swelling. MRI and fiberscopy revealed that the swelling was concordant with a retropharyngeal hematoma. The patient was admitted for observation and she was discharged in good clinical condition the day after.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Conservative Treatment
Craniocerebral Trauma / complications*
Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnostic imaging
Craniocerebral Trauma / physiopathology
Dyspnea
Female
Globus Sensation / diagnostic imaging
Globus Sensation / etiology*
Globus Sensation / physiopathology
Hematoma / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Pharyngeal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Spine / diagnostic imaging*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed