Premium
Acute upper airway obstruction
Author(s) -
MACKENZIE J. W.,
JELLICOE JILLIAN A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb12705.x
Subject(s) - medicine , airway obstruction , airway , polycythaemia , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery
Summary A case is described of retropharyngeal haematoma due to spontaneous bleeding from the inferior thyroid artery and causing acute upper airway obstruction. Results of the haematological investigations were suggestive of underlying polycythaemia rubra Vera. The presentation and findings in this case are discussed.