With upper airway obstruction being an emergency, a high index of suspicion and proper and timely treatment planning are crucial to the patient's life. Spontaneous esophageal perforation, also known as Boerhaave syndrome, has been observed to cause subcutaneous emphysema; however, airway compromise secondary to subcutaneous emphysema is extremely rare when there is no associated broncho-tracheal injury. Here, we present a case of esophageal perforation complicated with cervical emphysema that led to acute airway obstruction requiring invasive ventilation.
Metastatic laryngeal cancers are rare and usually indicate advanced
disease once they are present; we described a case of a 60 years old
male patient with stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC) who presented to our
clinic with dysphonia; further workups showed metastatic CRC.
Metastatic laryngeal cancer is a rare entity, usually indicating an advanced disease once discovered. In this report, we are describing a case of a 60‐year‐old male patient with stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC), who presented to our clinic with dysphonia; further workups showed metastatic CRC.
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