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Query: UMLS:C0032463 (polycythemia vera)
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A patient is described with polycythemia vera who was taking anticoagulants and developed a spontaneous retropharyngeal hemorrhage after a violent sneezing episode. This progressed to tracheal compression with stridor after he had taken some aspirin for relief of the neck pain. An emergency tracheostomy was life saving.
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PMID:Airway obstruction due to spontaneous retropharyngeal hemorrhage. 5 28