TY - JOUR
T1 - Upper airway hematoma
T2 - An unusual presentation of acute upper airway obstruction
AU - Ashraf, Adrita
AU - Bannon, Mark
AU - Smith, Chelsea
AU - Kaushik, Prashant
AU - Marak, Creticus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Acute upper airway obstruction secondary to supraglottic hematoma is a rare but life-threatening complication of oral anticoagulants, particularly with warfarin. Symptoms include sore throat, dysphagia, odynophagia, dysphonia, neck swelling, and dyspnea. We are reporting a case of an elderly male on warfarin therapy who developed acute upper airway obstruction due to spontaneous supraglottic hemorrhage. Commonly reported sites of spontaneous bleeding are the sublingual and retropharyngeal spaces.
AB - Acute upper airway obstruction secondary to supraglottic hematoma is a rare but life-threatening complication of oral anticoagulants, particularly with warfarin. Symptoms include sore throat, dysphagia, odynophagia, dysphonia, neck swelling, and dyspnea. We are reporting a case of an elderly male on warfarin therapy who developed acute upper airway obstruction due to spontaneous supraglottic hemorrhage. Commonly reported sites of spontaneous bleeding are the sublingual and retropharyngeal spaces.
KW - Hematoma
KW - Upper airway obstruction
KW - Warfarin
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124871207&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101612
DO - 10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101612
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85124871207
SN - 2213-0071
VL - 36
JO - Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
JF - Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
M1 - 101612
ER -