Acta otorrinolaringológica española
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Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp · Nov 1994
Case Reports[Posttraumatic retropharyngeal hematoma of delayed onset].
Retropharyngeal hematoma (RE) is a rare occurrence. A case of RE in a 48-year-old man who suffered a whiplash trauma in a motor vehicle accident is reported. He had been receiving long-term aspirin therapy for ischemic heart disease. ⋯ Diagnosis is made by X-ray and CT. If acute airway obstruction occurs it is safer to perform tracheostomy than endotracheal intubation. If the lesion is non-expanding, medical treatment is preferred by most authors, so do we.