A ‘Final Destination injury’: Penetrating trauma of the neck and a pneumomediastinum by a metal part shot from a lawnmower

摘要

Outside of war regions, penetrating neck injury is rare. Penetrating neck injury due to a lawnmower has never been described, despite the annual 74.000 injuries caused by lawnmowers in the United States. In this report, the case of a 65-year old women, admitted after a penetrating neck injury due to a metal piece shot from a lawnmower, is described.