Year: 1999 Vol. 65 Ed. 3 - (9º)
Relato de Casos
Pages: 255 to 258
Mastoid Fracture and Cervical Sulrcutaneous Emphysema.
Author(s):
Saramira C. Bohadana*,
Fabiana Gonçales**,
Marco Antonio M. Name***,
Ana Laura A. Brandão***,
José Alexandre Médicis da Sílveira****,
Mário Bernando G. Rausis*****.
Keywords: fracture, mastoid, subcutaneos emphysema
Abstract:
The structures of the middle ear and temporal bone are frequently involved in head traumas. High impact traumas may cause fracture to the temporal bone. Fortunately, a fracture of the temporal bone does rarelly result in low head traumas. The present case shows a mastoid fracture resulted from a fall and presented a cervical subcutaneos emphysema as the only symptom which spontaneously disappeared in few days. The authors aim to call attention to the rarity of this case as a complication of temporal bone fracture, inspite of its benign evolution. Cervical subcutaneous emphysema following temporal bone fracture is unsual and still not reported in the world literature.
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