1. A 57-Year-Old Man With Stridor and Critical Tracheal Narrowing.
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Alzghoul BN, Kay D, Innabi A, Omballi M, Kavesh MH, and Mehta HJ
- Subjects
- Aged, Diagnosis, Differential, Dyspnea diagnosis, Dyspnea etiology, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Respiratory Sounds diagnosis, Respiratory Sounds etiology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed methods, Treatment Outcome, Argon Plasma Coagulation methods, Biopsy methods, Bronchoscopy methods, Papilloma pathology, Papilloma physiopathology, Tracheal Diseases pathology, Tracheal Diseases physiopathology, Tracheal Stenosis diagnosis, Tracheal Stenosis physiopathology
- Abstract
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old man with a history of polysubstance use presented with shortness of breath, wheezing, productive cough, subjective fever, and chills of 3-day duration. Additionally, he reported worsening shortness of breath for the last 3 months. Of note, the patient was reported to have had, in the previous 6 months, two episodes of pneumonia that was treated with antibiotics and steroids. He was also diagnosed several years prior with adult-onset asthma due to intermittent wheezing and was prescribed an albuterol inhaler. The albuterol did not help relieve his wheezing, and he stopped refilling it., (Copyright © 2021 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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