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Canadian Anaesthetists' Society Journal Mar 1978
Topics: Anesthesia, General; Epiglottis; Humans; Intubation, Intratracheal; Laryngitis
PubMed: 638833
DOI: 10.1007/BF03005061 -
The Journal of Emergency Medicine 1983Croup syndromes are common in children, most frequently being infectious in origin. Children present with a slow progression of inspiratory and expiratory stridor and a... (Review)
Review
Croup syndromes are common in children, most frequently being infectious in origin. Children present with a slow progression of inspiratory and expiratory stridor and a croupy, "barking seal" cough. Children are variably febrile and with progression of disease, exhaustion, agitation, cyanosis and air hunger may develop. The evaluation of the patient must focus on the degree of respiratory distress and associated findings. Epiglottitis and foreign body aspiration must be excluded. Management is primarily dependent upon administration of humidified air. Children with moderate to severe croup benefit from racemic epinephrine and steroids. Admission is indicated in children with stridor at rest, evidence of exhaustion, toxicity or respiratory distress. Active airway intervention is rarely required but may be life saving if obstruction develops.
Topics: Child; Croup; Dexamethasone; Diagnosis, Differential; Epiglottitis; Epinephrine; Foreign Bodies; Humans; Laryngeal Edema; Laryngitis; Larynx; Pulmonary Edema; Racepinephrine; Radiography; Staphylococcal Infections; Trachea; Virus Diseases
PubMed: 6386967
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(83)90003-3 -
Vestnik Otorinolaringologii 1988
Review
Topics: Chronic Disease; Humans; Hyperplasia; Laryngitis; Larynx; Prognosis
PubMed: 3067441
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British Medical Journal Nov 1968
Topics: Acute Disease; Child; Epiglottis; Humans; Laryngitis
PubMed: 5687623
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5628.455-c -
Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal Feb 2013
Topics: Acute Disease; Adult; Chronic Disease; Hodgkin Disease; Humans; Laryngeal Edema; Laryngitis; Laryngoscopy; Larynx; Male; Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms; Radiation Injuries; Vocal Cords
PubMed: 23460211
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Journal of Voice : Official Journal of... Mar 2011Over the last decade, a new disease entity, prolonged ulcerative laryngitis (PUL), with unique clinical presentation and prolonged disease course, has been recognized....
Over the last decade, a new disease entity, prolonged ulcerative laryngitis (PUL), with unique clinical presentation and prolonged disease course, has been recognized. Until now, very few studies dealing with this disease have been reported in the literature. From 1999 to 2008, we analyzed clinical data from a series of 39 PUL patients who were treated with an observational approach without implementing specific treatments. This disease affects adults, predominantly females. The age of patients in our series ranged from 26 to 76 years with a median of 49.5 years. This disease is characterized by ulcers and signs of acute inflammation on the membranous portion of the vocal folds with a prolonged clinical course. The recovery times of patients ranged from 4 to 20 weeks with an average of 9.4 weeks. The data in this study may reflect a natural history of this disease. PUL seems to be a self-limited disease, but the etiology of this disease is unknown. Specific infections or systemic inflammatory processes involving the larynx must be ruled out before diagnosis, and conservative treatments are suggested.
Topics: Adult; Aged; Female; Humans; Laryngitis; Laryngoscopy; Male; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Stroboscopy; Taiwan; Terminology as Topic; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Ulcer; Vocal Cords; Wound Healing
PubMed: 20171831
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.09.008 -
Medicine Jun 2021Nasal-type, extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma is a rare lymphoma. The tumor usually shows ulcerative and necrotic lesions in the nasal cavities and sinuses....
RATIONALE
Nasal-type, extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma is a rare lymphoma. The tumor usually shows ulcerative and necrotic lesions in the nasal cavities and sinuses. Tissue involvement outside the nasal cavity is uncommon.
PATIENT CONCERN
We describe a 30-year-old man with a 2-month history of hoarseness, weight loss, and dyspnea.
DIAGNOSIS
Magnetic resonance image (MRI) showed edema of the larynx with obliteration of the airway. Laryngoscopic examination described necrotic tissue in the glottis and larynx. The biopsy showed chronic, necrotizing laryngitis, with no granulomas, vasculitis, or atypical cells. The immunologic and microbiologic study was negative. Later, after immunosuppressive therapy, the patient presented erythema and diffuse enlargement of the right arm. MRI showed myositis of the biceps and brachial muscles. Infection was rule out, and direct microscopy showed an extensive muscle infiltration by mononuclear cells and abundant mitosis. Immunohistochemistry was positive for CD3, CD8, Ki 67 (90%), and CD56 compatible with extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma.
INTERVENTIONS
The patient initially received immunosuppression treatments (corticoids, cyclofosfamide, and Rituximab) with relapsing episodes. When lymphoma was diagnosed, chemotherapy was started.
OUTCOMES
The patient died during chemotherapy.
LESSONS
Nasal-type, extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma should be suspected even when there are no classical findings of neoplasms on histology. Immunohistochemistry is mandatory to rule it out.
Topics: Adult; Arm; Biopsy; Chemoradiotherapy; Chronic Disease; Diagnosis, Differential; Fatal Outcome; Humans; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Laryngitis; Laryngoscopy; Larynx; Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Muscle Neoplasms
PubMed: 34160395
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000026314 -
British Journal of Anaesthesia Aug 1964
Review
Topics: Anesthesia; Anesthesia, Endotracheal; Heart Arrest; Humans; Intubation; Intubation, Intratracheal; Laryngismus; Laryngitis; Larynx; Postoperative Complications; Respiratory Insufficiency; Trachea
PubMed: 14202205
DOI: 10.1093/bja/36.8.504 -
Archives of Oto-rhino-laryngology Feb 197635 cases of continuous series of 841 laryngeal cancers were studied separately. Those patients had already been suffering from hoarseness for more than 2 years, in the...
35 cases of continuous series of 841 laryngeal cancers were studied separately. Those patients had already been suffering from hoarseness for more than 2 years, in the average for 9 years. Many of these patients had been examined and treated by inhalations, and biopsies were taken because of a chronic laryngitis. Clinically in half of the cases a big carcinoma could be found. In 10 cases a chronic laryngitis had been diagnosed; in spite of the preceeding examination by microlaryngoscopy in 4 cases, however, the carcinoma could only be proved by histologic examination. The histologic examinations of the specimens regularly displayed an extended field of epidermisation of the laryngeal mucosa following chronic laryngitis, In these fields of epidermisation the carcinoma developed multicentrically and--in the early stages--mostly showed a covering-like, minutely infiltrating growth. Disseminated dot-like cancer-focuses in the epidermisation field and cancer buds arising from the basal layers of an intact covering of the hypertrophic epithelium could be observed several times. Chronic-hypertrophic laryngitis seems to favour the development of cancer within some patients (promoting factor), it even might accelerate it. As in about 6% of all the vocal cord cancers a preexistent chronic laryngitis is proved by history and clinical findings each patient with a chronic hypertrophic laryngitis must be examined by microlaryngoscopy as well as histological examinations and must be constantly observed.
Topics: Adult; Aged; Female; Humans; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Laryngitis; Laryngoscopy; Larynx; Male; Middle Aged; Precancerous Conditions
PubMed: 989307
DOI: 10.1007/BF00456363 -
The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and... Jun 1989Esophageal acid exposure was assessed by 23-hour ambulatory pH monitoring and compared with a biopsy of the posterior larynx and proximal esophagus in 97 patients with...
Esophageal acid exposure was assessed by 23-hour ambulatory pH monitoring and compared with a biopsy of the posterior larynx and proximal esophagus in 97 patients with hoarseness, burning pharyngeal discomfort, or globus sensation. Patient results were compared with normal acid exposure times obtained in 54 control subjects. In 24 patients there were laryngeal abnormalities but both esophageal biopsy results and acid exposure times were normal. Laryngeal disease was found in association with prolonged acid exposure time or esophagitis in only 17 of the 97 patients (17.5%) studied. Recent reports appear to have overestimated the importance of acid reflux as a cause of posterior laryngitis.
Topics: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biopsy; Esophagus; Female; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Laryngitis; Larynx; Male; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Physiologic
PubMed: 2729821
DOI: 10.1177/000348948909800601