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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb 20:32:100442.
doi: 10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100442. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma

Yuya Kitai  1 , Ryota Sato  2
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Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma

Yuya Kitai et al. Trauma Case Rep. .

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Abstract

We described the case of 75 years old male patient with an airway obstruction due to retropharyngeal hematoma that developed after a minor blunt trauma to the face. The patient was not taking any anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents and did not have any coagulopathy. This case report indicates that emergency physicians must be aware of the risk of delayed airway obstruction in elderly patients regardless of whether the patient is using anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents.

Keywords: Airway obstruction; Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma; Minor blunt trauma.

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Fig. 1
Cervical CT scan revealed no evidence of spinal fracture or abnormality of the retropharyngeal space at initial assessment. CT at 6 h after injury showed a retropharyngeal hematoma with extravasation in front of C6.
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The circumference of the patient's neck reached a maximum of 45.5 cm on the day after his admission and returned to be a usual state on day 7.
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