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Case Reports
Retropharyngeal hematoma as a new cause of acute upper airway obstruction in rheumatoid arthritis.
- J Thatcher and D George.
- Department of Medicine, Reading Hospital and Medical Center, PA.
- J Rheumatol. 1987 Dec 1;14(6):1172-3.
AbstractA patient with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving chronic anticoagulation therapy developed acute life threatening airway obstruction. The source of obstruction was a retropharyngeal hematoma compressing the upper airway rather than acute laryngeal dysfunction from the patient's RA. Our case illustrates a new cause of acute stridor and airway obstruction in RA. Publications on upper airway obstruction in RA and airway obstruction secondary to retropharyngeal hematoma are discussed.
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