TOPIC: Diffuse Lung Disease TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Acquired subglottic stenosis is mostly secondary to trauma, and can also arise in the context of chronic inflammatory diseases1. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) a systemic disease characterized by small vessel vasculitis granulomatous lesions respiratory tract. Approximately 25% patients GPA develop ste...

Subglottic stenosis (SGS), the narrowing of upper trachea, can be an acquired condition in pediatric patients. Presenting with varying degrees dyspnea and stridor, SGS is most commonly due to intubation. Airway often not considered a surgical complication, no literature on after endoscopic sinus surgery exists. We present unique case 13-year-old male juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA), ...

S tenosis of the supraglottic larynx and pharynx is an uncommon and difficult condition to treat. The most common etiologies include iatrogenic injury from oropharyngeal and supraglottic surgery, radiation therapy, prolonged intubation, trauma, caustic ingestion, and inflammatory diseases. Presenting symptoms are a function of stenosis severity and can range from dysphagia and dysphonia to pote...

Introduction Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a necrotising granulomatous vasculitis affecting the small and medium blood vessels in particular of airways and kidneys. The incidence of GPA in Europe is 25-150 per 1 million per year. This disease typically occurs in the 4th or 5th decades of life and in children it usually cause diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. Subglottic stenos...

OBJECTIVE To compare single-stage laryngotracheal reconstruction (ssLTR) and double-stage LTR (dsLTR). DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS Seventy-one patients underwent 84 procedures (22 ssLTRs and 62 dsLTRs). INTERVENTION Review of preoperative disease severity and surgical outcomes for patients who underwent ssLTR vs dsLTR. ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare the surgical findings of tracheal stenosis caused by percutaneous tracheostomy (PCT) and surgical tracheostomy (SGT). DESIGN AND SETTING A combined prospective (from 2001 to 2003) and retrospective (from 1993 to 2001) observational study of the patients undergoing tracheal resection and reconstruction for treatment of tracheal stenosis following PCT or SGT in a nati...

Respiratory failure due to subglottic stenosis is a rare but serious condition. A 22-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with shortness of breath, stridor, and change in tone of voice. The patient did not complain of B-symptoms (fever, weight loss, and night sweats). In the week before this presentation, he was diagnosed with an upper respiratory tract infection with associ...

Endotracheal intubation plays a key role in the management of upper airway obstruction in emergency situations. It is non-invasive and easily learned technique by medical professionals as compared to other more skilled, surgical procedures, e.g., tracheostomy and cricothyrotomies etc. But prolonged intubation may result in numerous complications, most notorious being tracheoesophageal fistula a...

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an uncommon disease that is characterized by inflammation and destruction of cartilaginous structures. When tracheobronchial tree is involved, respiratory obstructive symptoms can occur. A 35-year-old man, with a previous diagnosis of RP, was scheduled for rigid bronchoscopy to relieve dyspnea, caused by subglottic stenosis. After laser splitting of the subglott...