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Hypopharyngeal perforation: an uncommon cause of pneumoperitoneum
S A Woodcock1, H Bird, A K Siriwardena
1Department of Surgery, Tameside General Hospital, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, UK. sean.woodcock@virgin.net
Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ
|September 18, 2001
Abstract:
Endotracheal intubation is common practice being performed both electively and as an emergency. Complications of this procedure are uncommon. A case is described of hypopharyngeal rupture after emergency intubation that presented with a pneumoperitoneum. The clinical signs, relevant investigations and management options are discussed for this injury and the need is emphasised for a high index of suspicion in order to make an early diagnosis.