Images in Clinical Medicine. Spontaneous Retropharyngeal Hematoma.
N Engl J Med
; 374(3): e3, 2016 Jan 21.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26789902
ABSTRACT
A 56-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 5-hour history of throat swelling and pain and difficulty breathing that was exacerbated by supine positioning; he had not had any obvious antecedent trauma. His medical history included prostate cancer, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, deep-vein thrombosis, and stroke. Medications included warfarin (presumably for deep-vein thrombosis), antihypertensive agents, and a statin. He was afebrile, and the physical examination was notable for minor swelling of the posterior oropharynx. Laboratory studies revealed a normal white-cell count, an international normalized ratio of more than 11, a prothrombin time of more than 120 seconds, and an activated . . .
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Faríngeas
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Hematoma
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Anticoagulantes
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article