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30 August 2021: Articles

A Rare Case of Traumatic Thyroid Gland Hypoperfusion/Devascularization After a Gunshot Wound Through the Neck: Computed Tomography Findings

Rare disease

Luis R. Rodriguez-Ortiz A* , Adriana M. Perez-Torres D , Andrea N. Saldaña-Mendez D , Eduardo J. Labat-Alvarez A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.930505

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e930505

Figure 1. Axial neck computed tomography angiograms showing bullet paths at the level of the C6 vertebral body. (A) Soft tissue window. (B) Bone window. There was an underlying complex, comminuted, distracted fracture of C6 (arrow in B), with partial obliteration of the right foramen transversarium. A comminuted, distracted fracture of the right lamina of the thyroid cartilage was identified, with a few adjacent overlying osseous fragments (arrowheads in B).

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923