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A middle-aged man presenting with sudden neck swelling, respiratory distress, and a large hyperdense mass on imaging presented a clinical diagnostic challenge.
A clinical case presentation of a man in his 50s with an enlarging neck mass and respiratory distress.
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Alerts clinicians to rare diagnostic pitfalls in acute neck masses; leaves open need for larger series to inform protocols.
A man in his 50s presented with sudden onset of neck swelling, pain, respiratory distress, and jaw pain; his neck was diffusely swollen without palpable fluctuance, induration, or a discrete mass, and imaging showed a large hyperdense mass. What is your diagnosis?
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Gietman et al. (2017) studied this question. A middle-aged man presenting with sudden neck swelling, respiratory distress, and a large hyperdense mass on imaging presented a clinical diagnostic challenge.
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