Citation

Crosby SS, Mohan S, Di Loreto C, Spiegel JH. Laryngoscope 2010; 120(2): 414-419.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. scrosby@bu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1002/lary.20731

PMID

19998347

Abstract

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To increase awareness of torture among otolaryngologists, and to describe methods and complications of head and neck torture. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review. METHODS: Five cases of survivors of torture were evaluated in an otolaryngology practice in an urban hospital setting. RESULTS: The subjects presented with widely variable symptoms and physical manifestations related to the head and neck as a result of torture, in addition to psychiatric disease. Documentation of head and neck findings were essential to the asylum claim. CONCLUSIONS: Otolaryngologists serving immigrant and refugee populations must be familiar with methods and manifestations of torture involving the head and neck.

Language: en