Sudden Asphyxia Caused by Retropharyngeal Hematoma after Blunt Thyrocervical Artery Injury

If a patient with a non-displaced cervical spine injury suffers airway obstruction due to retropharyngeal hematoma, vigorous hemorrhage from a thyrocervical artery injury should be considered as the cause, and emergency contrast-enhanced CT scan of the neck should be performed after emergent tracheal intubation.