Retropharyngeal hematoma mimicking retropharyngeal abscess
Nazli ZAINUDDIN 1, Mohd ISZUARI 2, Yatie SWANY 3
1 Discipline of ORL-HNS, Cluster of Surgical Sciences, UiTM Sg Buloh, 2 Department of ORL-HNS, Malacca Hospital, and 3 Department of ORL-HNS, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
ABSTRACT
Bleeding from retropharyngeal space is relatively rare, and can be life threatening due to its close proximity to the upper airway. We report a case of a 59 year-old Chinese lady who had spontaneous retropharyngeal haematoma following warfarin anticoagulation that resulted in airway obstruction.
Keywords: Retropharyngeal haematoma, upper airway obstruction, retropharyngeal abscess, anticoagulation
Correspondence author: Nazli ZAINUDDIN
Department of ORL-NHS, Cluster of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
E mail: nazlizainuddin@yahoo.com
Brunei Int Med J. 2014; 10 (3): 173-176