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Airway obstruction by a retropharyngeal hematoma secondary to thoracic aortic aneurysm rupture

BACKGROUND: Retropharyngeal hematoma is a rare form of pharyngeal pathology and can present as acute airway obstruction. Among the many causes of retropharyngeal hematoma, thoracic aortic rupture is extremely rare. METHODS AND RESULTS: A 78-year-old female with airway obstruction by a retropharyngea...

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Autores principales: Kubota, Hiroshi, Endo, Hidehito, Noma, Mio, Tsuchiya, Hiroshi, Yoshimoto, Akihiro, Inaba, Yusuke, Nishino, Yoshifumi, Tsuboi, Ayaka, Sato, Yuki, Kohno, Naoyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3891989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24373302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-232