title: Acute neck swelling: a diagnostic dilemma in a regional hospital.
abstract: This case study describes an incident of acute neck swelling in a patient presenting to the ED of a regional hospital after hours. Maintaining and securing her airway proved to be challenging, as did arriving at the correct cause of her airway obstruction and neck swelling.
authors.affiliation: Rural Clinical School, University of Newcastle, Taree, New South Wales, Australia. alan.pedersen@newcastle.edu.au
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D039602:After-Hours Care; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D003829:Denture, Partial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed