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Background: Spontaneous cervical hematomas are rare entities. In the absence of previous trauma they have been described in patients with blood dyscrasias or in treatment with anticoagulants or antiaggregants. Case report:We present a case of spontaneous cervical hematoma without respiratory compromise in a 97-year-old woman who was treated in a non-operative manner in our center in a satisfactory way. Discussion:The main risk of cervical hematoma is the compression of the airway with the risk of asphyxia that it can generate. In patients hemodynamically stable and without respiratory compromise, conservative management can be performed. However, patients with significant anemia and / or respiratory compromise require correct airway management (orotracheal intubation), drainage of the hematoma and hemostasis of the bleeding vessel.