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Case Report Volume 2 Issue 1
Spontaneous Lingual Hematoma: A Rare Entity
Pinilla Urraca M, Roldan Fidalgo A
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Universidad Autonoma Madrid, Spain
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mateu Orfila Hospital, Spain
Received: December 28, 2014 | Published: January 6, 2015
Citation: Pinilla Urraca M, Roldan Fidalgo R (2015) Spontaneous Lingual Hematoma: A Rare Entity. J Otolaryngol ENT Res 2(1): 00007. DOI: 10.15406/joentr.2015.02.00007
Abstract
There are case reports of spontaneous sublingual and lingual hematomas in the elderly population related to severe hypertension or an anticoagulation therapy. Spontaneous lingual hematoma is a rare entity in patients without risk factors for bleeding. We present the first case described in the literature of a spontaneous lingual hematoma in a woman in the age of early fifties without diabetes mellitus, trauma, hematological disorders, hypertension, anticoagulant or thrombolytic associated therapies. The patient required analgesic treatment and recovered spontaneously within a week.
Keywords: Spontaneous Bleeding, Lingual Hematoma, Risk Factors, Anticoagulant, Diabetis mellitus, Trauma, Hypertension, Thrombocytopenia, Tracheostomy, Disphagia, Hoarseness, Drooling, Platelets, Vein thrombosis, Pulmonary embolism, Orotracheal intubation
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