Exercise-induced laryngochalasia: an imitator of exercise-induced bronchospasm.
| dc.contributor.author | Bjornsdottir, U S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gudmundsson, K | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hjartarson, H | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bröndbo, K | |
| dc.contributor.author | Magnusson, B | |
| dc.contributor.author | Juliusson, S | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-08-08T11:03:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-08-08T11:03:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000-11-01 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2008-08-08 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2000, 85(5):387-91 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1081-1206 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 11101182 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2336/34813 | |
| dc.description | To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field | en |
| dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Patients with exercise-induced laryngochalasia present with dyspnea and stridor during exercise. Symptoms are due to a subtotal occlusion of the larynx resulting from mucosal edema from the aryepiglottic folds being drawn into the endolarynx. METHODS: We report on three patients with exercise-induced bronchospasm, refractory to standard therapy. RESULTS: Spirometry with flow-volume loops revealed truncation of the inspiratory limb. Abnormal movement of the arytenoid region was visualized on laryngoscopy. A diagnosis of exercise-induced laryngochalasia was made. CONCLUSIONS: Evaluation of laryngeal motion in patients with refractory exercise-induced bronchospasm is important. Surgical correction with laser laryngoplasty is effective in carefully selected cases. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/acaai/aaai/2000/00000085/00000005/art00015 | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Adolescent | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Asthma, Exercise-Induced | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Diagnosis, Differential | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Exercise | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Female | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Laryngeal Diseases | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Laser Therapy | en |
| dc.title | Exercise-induced laryngochalasia: an imitator of exercise-induced bronchospasm. | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. usb@rsp.is | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology | en |
| html.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Patients with exercise-induced laryngochalasia present with dyspnea and stridor during exercise. Symptoms are due to a subtotal occlusion of the larynx resulting from mucosal edema from the aryepiglottic folds being drawn into the endolarynx. METHODS: We report on three patients with exercise-induced bronchospasm, refractory to standard therapy. RESULTS: Spirometry with flow-volume loops revealed truncation of the inspiratory limb. Abnormal movement of the arytenoid region was visualized on laryngoscopy. A diagnosis of exercise-induced laryngochalasia was made. CONCLUSIONS: Evaluation of laryngeal motion in patients with refractory exercise-induced bronchospasm is important. Surgical correction with laser laryngoplasty is effective in carefully selected cases. |