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Retropharyngeal haematoma causing acute airway obstruction – first presentation of metastatic carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. R. Draper ,
G. Sandhu ,
A. Frosh  and
P. M. Clarke
M. R. Draper*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
G. Sandhu
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
A. Frosh
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
P. M. Clarke
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr M. R. Draper, Department of Otolaryngology, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU4 0DZ.
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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.

Keywords

HaematomaAirway obstructionNeoplasm metastasisProstatic neoplasms
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 113 , Issue 3 , March 1999 , pp. 258 - 259
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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