Retropharyngeal haematoma causing acute airway obstruction--first presentation of metastatic carcinoma.
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.
Draper
M R
MR
Department of Otolaryngology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
Sandhu
G
G
Frosh
A
A
Clarke
P M
PM
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*