Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Pathology, Laboratory and Forensic Medicine (I-PPerForM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sg Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sg Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia; National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: mansharan@uitm.edu.my
  • 2 National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 2020 Dec;139:110443.
PMID: 33068949 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110443

Abstract

Hyoid bone fractures due to blunt trauma are rare accounting for only 0.002% of all head and neck fractures with most documented fractures being due to strangulation, hanging, motorcycle helmet straps, sports injuries and rarely as a complication of intubation. However, they are even rarer in the paediatric age group. We present a hyoid bone fracture in a two-year-old child as a result of a fall down three steps. Hyoid bone fractures though generally heal well with conservative treatment must be diagnosed early to avoid air way obstruction leading to morbidity and mortality.

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