Accidental Strangulation with Cervical Nerve Root Injury Caused by the Entrapment of Clothing in a Soybean Milling Machine
Joint Authors
Omori, Kazuhiko
Takeuchi, Ikuto
Yanagawa, Youichi
Source
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-02-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The clothing of a forty-five-year-old man became entrapped by the mixing rotator while he was operating a soybean milling machine.
His clothing was wound around the rotator, and tightened around his neck and chest, causing strangulation and a loss of consciousness.
He was rescued by his coworkers and transported to our hospital by helicopter.
Upon arrival, he regained consciousness.
A physiological examination revealed multiple petechiae on his face and strangulation marks with subcutaneous hemorrhage on his neck and upper trunk.
In addition, he had motor weakness of the right upper extremity and bilateral paresthesia from C5 to Th1.
All radiological studies were negative.
He was admitted for observation.
After the patient’s creatine phosphokinase level peaked and his focal neurological signs improved, he was discharged on foot on the 6th hospital day.
Accidental ligature strangulation with cervical nerve root injury, in which an article of clothing is caught in an electrical machine and strangles the wearer, is very rare.
This case is presented for its rarity and the unique pattern of injury.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Omori, Kazuhiko& Takeuchi, Ikuto& Yanagawa, Youichi. 2019. Accidental Strangulation with Cervical Nerve Root Injury Caused by the Entrapment of Clothing in a Soybean Milling Machine. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135935
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Omori, Kazuhiko…[et al.]. Accidental Strangulation with Cervical Nerve Root Injury Caused by the Entrapment of Clothing in a Soybean Milling Machine. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135935
American Medical Association (AMA)
Omori, Kazuhiko& Takeuchi, Ikuto& Yanagawa, Youichi. Accidental Strangulation with Cervical Nerve Root Injury Caused by the Entrapment of Clothing in a Soybean Milling Machine. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135935
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1135935