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Case Rep Med
January 2025
Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
Relapsing epiglottitis has rarely been reported, and its etiology is not well established. A 44-year-old previously healthy Japanese man presented with a quickly progressing choking sensation. He had been experiencing refractory and relapsing laryngeal edema and probably acute epiglottitis (three episodes within 2 weeks), with rash and elevated pancreatic amylase.
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December 2024
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicne, Hangzhou310000, China.
To explore and summarize the morphological features of laryngeal tuberculosis under electronic laryngoscopy and image-enhanced endoscopy (i-scan). A retrospective analysis was conducted on the data of 31 patients diagnosed with laryngeal tuberculosis at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine from January 2014 to June 2024, encompassing the morphological features of electronic laryngoscopy and i-scan endoscopy, histopathological features, and supplementary clinical examination results. Descriptive statistical methods were employed for the analysis.
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October 2024
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka, JPN.
Epiglottitis is a critical infection that can result in upper airway obstruction. While bacterial infections are the most common cause of acute epiglottitis, Candida epiglottitis remains relatively rare. We report a case involving an 82-year-old male undergoing chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
October 2024
Department of ENT, Santosh Medical College and Hospital, Ambedkar Road Maliwara Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201001 Uttar Pradesh India.
Unlabelled: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea (OSAHS) Syndrome is defined by repetitive episodes of apneas or hypopneas, excessive daytime somnolence; waking up during sleep with gasping, choking, or breath holding; or witnessed reports of apneas, loud snoring, or both. The current gold standard diagnostic test for OSAS is polysomnography. A total of 30 patients diagnosed with stroke and OSA at tertiary care hospital were included in this study.
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August 2024
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, IND.
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