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KMID : 0360720130260040297
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Journal of the Korean Society Traumatology
2013 Volume.26 No. 4 p.297 ~ p.299
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Traumatic Asphyxia due to Blunt Chest Trauma with External Auditory Canal Bleeding
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Lee Je-Ho
Kyoung Kyu-Hyouck
Kim Jeong-Won
Yang Hui-Jun
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Abstract
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Traumatic asphyxia, also called ‘Perthes syndrome’, is characterized by subconjunctival hemorrhage, cervicofacialpetechiae and cyanosis resulting from venous hypertension caused by an abrupt, severe, compressive force to the thoracoabdominal region. A 37-year-old male patient who was transferred to the emergency room due to chest trauma by overturning of a forkcrane. His head, neck, and shoulders showed severe ecchymosis, and his upper chest was cyanotic. There was bilateral subconjunctival hemorrhage and bilateral ear bleeding without tympanic rupture. Perthes syndrome is a rare condition and we treated a patient with typical and atypical symptoms; thus we report this case of Perthes syndrome.
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KEYWORD
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Traumatic asphyxia, Perthes syndrome, Blunt chest trauma
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