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The development and complications of each will be elaborated, with a focus on the clinical presentation in the emergency department and the imaging findings that are critical to recognize in making the diagnosis. Each presentation will be exhibited with a specific patient case and the exact computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, or digital subtraction angiography images obtained will be shown. Cases include airway obstruction due to glottic tumor or metastatic cervical lymphadenopathy; airway obstruction due to surgical complications of hematoma, or post-radiation soft-tissue edema; vascular complications of tumor or nodal compression, carotid blowout, carotid stenosis, or occlusion; orbital complications of compartment syndrome; and orthopedic complications of osteomyelitis and osteoradionecrosis. Eleven HNC patient cases are presented with their associated 32 images. HNC patients present with challenging imaging features in the emergent setting. 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