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Reminder of important clinical lesson
CASE REPORT
Go-karting injury: a case of laryngeal trauma
  1. Marina Brimioulle1,
  2. Matthew King2,
  3. Philippe Bowles1,
  4. Nicholas Saunders1
  1. 1ENT, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
  2. 2BSMS, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Marina Brimioulle, marina.brimioulle{at}gmail.com

Summary

We report a case of accidental strangulation and crush injury to the anterior neck resulting in laryngeal trauma. This extremely uncommon mechanism of injury provides a safety warning regarding precautions with neck wear, and the unusual resulting injury represents an opportunity to review best practice in management of laryngeal trauma.

  • Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology
  • Head and neck surgery

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-220070

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MB: primary author of the manuscript. MK: literature review and review of the manuscript. PB: review of the manuscript. NS: review of the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.