Acute airway obstruction by laryngeal haematomas in acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
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.
Aiken
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Department of Haematology, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, North Derbyshire, UK.
Collin
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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*