Abstract
A patient with multiple injuries in the pharynx and esophagus caused by a dog bite was discussed. Examination showed two perforations in the digestive organs: One was located at the left pyriform sinus and the other in the wall of the cervical esophagus. The sternocleidmastoid muscle, anterior cervical muscle, internal jugular vein and sympathetic nerve trunk were also invaded by the trauma.
If an injury to the esophagus is suspected it is usually necessary that diagnosis and treatment be done as quickly as possible. In this case, a esophagial injury was diagnosed at an early stage, because saburras were found in the avulsed wound to the cervical skin. There is usually a high possibility of multiple wounds and more serious subcutaneous damage compared to size of a lesion on the surface of the skin in dog bite injuries, and it is indispensable to understand all existinn wounds before beginning surgical treatment.
