Author(s)

Ulrich Bidossèssi Vodouhe, Julls Celestin Apouakone, Alexis Do Santos Zounon, Darius Guezo, Sonia Lawson Afouda, François Avakoudjo, Wassi Adjibabi, Bernadette Vignikin Yehouessi

Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Abomey-Calavi (R. BENIN), Godomey, The Republic of Benin.

The solution of continuity of the tissues of the neck with rupture of the platysma muscle is called a cervical penetrating wound. The authors report a case of an unusual penetrating neck wound extended to the pleural dome by stabbing a psychiatric patient. They describe the diagnostic circumstances, the therapeutic approach and discuss data from the literature. It was a 26-year-old young woman, who was received in ENT for a penetrating neck wound with a stab wound following a suicide attempt. The diagnosis of a penetrating stab wound to the neck extending to the right pleural dome was retained. The exploratory cervicotomy with the extraction of the foreign body found a knife blade penetrating the anterior base of the right side of the neck to the right pleural dome, sparing the noble vasculo-nervous and aero-digestive organs of the neck. The postoperative course was simple and the evolution was favourable. This unusual penetrating wound of the neck is spectacular and remarkable for the absence of involvement of noble organs despite the involvement of the pleural dome. However, it remains a concern in psychiatric patients and requires multidisciplinary management and systemic management in order to avoid recurrence.

Knife, Neck, Penetrating Wound, Pleural Dome, Suicide Attempt

Vodouhe, U. , Apouakone, J. , Zounon, A. , Guezo, D. , Afouda, S. , Avakoudjo, F. , Adjibabi, W. and Vignikin Yehouessi, B. (2022) An Unusual Cervical Penetrating Wound Extended to the Right Pleural Dome. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 11, 126-135. doi: 10.4236/ijohns.2022.113014.