• Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2010

    Case Reports

    Acute neck swelling: a diagnostic dilemma in a regional hospital.

    • Alan Pedersen.
    • Rural Clinical School, University of Newcastle, Taree, New South Wales, Australia. alan.pedersen@newcastle.edu.au
    • Emerg Med Australas. 2010 Jun 1;22(3):246-8.

    AbstractThis 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.

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