%0 Case Reports
%T Not Your Typical Sore Throat-A Case Report on Delayed Complications From Cervical Spinal Surgery.
%A Ivanauskas E
%A Jones KA
%J Ann Emerg Med
%V 83
%N 1
%D 2024 Jan 6
%M 37676180
%F 6.762
%R 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.08.005
%X Esophageal perforation is an uncommon illness with a mortality rate as high as 50%. It is most frequently caused by iatrogenic instrumentation for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Noniatrogenic spontaneous ruptures account for 15% of cases, followed by traumatic injury and rupture secondary to a foreign body.1 Sore throat is a common emergency medicine complaint with an array of causes and severity of pathology. We report a case of a sore throat resulting from esophageal perforation and prevertebral abscess as delayed complications from an anterior cervical surgery.