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Emerg Med J 2006;23:583 doi:10.1136/emj.2005.032904
  • Emergency casebook

Spontaneous sublingual haematoma resulting in airway obstruction

  1. Y-Y Lai1,
  2. H-J Lin1,
  3. A L Te1,
  4. K-T Chen2
  1. 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Yung Kang, Tainan, Taiwan
  2. 2Department of Emergency Medicine, 901 Chung-Hwa Road, Yung Kang, Tainan 710, Taiwan; 890502@mail.chimei.org.tw
    • Accepted 19 December 2005

    An 83 year old man presented to the emergency department for a gradually growing, painless soft mass beneath his tongue. On arrival, the patient was drooling, orthopnea, and had slurred …

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