title: Retropharyngeal haematoma causing acute airway obstruction--first presentation of metastatic carcinoma.
abstract: A case of acute airway obstruction due to an acute retropharyngeal haematoma secondary to indirect trauma as a first presentation of metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Draper
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sandhu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frosh
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*