SEAT BELT SYNDROME: THYROID CARTILAGE FRACTURE

<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Seat belt syndrome (SBS) is a new pattern of injuries in road traffic accidents (RTAs). It refers to injuries caused by the interaction of the human body and the safety belt and consists of a wide spectrum of injuries (musculoskeletal and visceral). </span><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">In this paper, we present</span> <span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">a case of a front-seat passenger with polytrauma sustained in an RTA, who, as a literature rarity, also suffered a thyroid cartilage fracture (TCF) caused by a seat belt. </span><span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Thyroid cartilage fracture should be kept on the list of possible injuries with a high index of suspicion for this syndrome, based on the mechanism of injury and hyperflexion of the neck, even without signs of direct neck trauma.</span></p>