Subglotic Stenosis as manifestation in Wegener’s Disease. A case report

Autor: Sofía VALLE-OLSEN, Rafael CABANÁS-VEGA, Óscar Emilio CAZORLA-RAMOS, Jose PÉREZ-ARCOS
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Revista ORL, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 61-64 (2017)
ISSN: 2444-7986
Popis: Introduction and objective: Subglottic stenosis in Wegener’s disease (WD) represents a diagnostic challenge because it’s ability to be the unique manifestation. Description: A case of subglottic GW described in a woman 14 years. Discussion: Subglottic stenosis secondary to Wegener’s disease use to be associated with ENT symptoms, so these can give us the etiological suspicion. In the absence of these, we should include it in the differential diagnosis and try a histopathologic confirmation. Conclusions: In an isolated subglottic stenosis, rule Wegener's disease performing a biopsy of nasal mucosa and two serology tests.
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