title: Acute airway obstruction by laryngeal haematomas in acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
abstract: We report the case of a 79-year-old woman with acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura who spontaneously developed laryngeal haematomas which produced acute upper airway obstruction.
authors: Department of Haematology, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, North Derbyshire, UK.
authors: T C
authors: TC
authors: Aiken
authors: R C
authors: RC
authors: Collin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications*