Unusual Cause of Stridor in an Adult Man, Selective Immunoglobulin A Deficiency  

作　　者：Safwat A. M. Eldaboosy Amgad Awad Ayman Ghoneim Safwat A. M. Eldaboosy;Amgad Awad;Ayman Ghoneim(Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia;Department of Chest Diseases, Al Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt;Department of Internal Medicine, Al Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt;Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Al Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt)

机构地区：[1]Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia [2]Department of Chest Diseases, Al Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt [3]Department of Internal Medicine, Al Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt [4]Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Al Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt

出　　处：《Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases》2021年第2期76-83,共8页呼吸病期刊（英文）

摘　　要：The common causes of stridor in adults are abscesses or swelling of the upper airway, tumors, paralysis, or malfunction of vocal cords. Tracheitis <span style="font-family:Verdana;">due</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> to immunoglobulin deficiency may be a rare explanation for stridor in adults, although occasionally reported in children. We report an adult man having </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">stridor secondary to isolated immunoglobulin A deficiency. We did a</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">n in-depth review of the literature to seek out no reported cases of stridor thanks to immunoglobulin deficiency in adults. This case underlines the very fact that a standard symptom like stridor rarely occurs thanks to uncommon causes. This case is exclusive because it reports the presence of stridor associated with isolated immunoglobulin A deficiency in an adult patient. The explanation for the stridor was an intraluminal narrowing of the upper part of the extrathoracic trachea.</span></span>The common causes of stridor in adults are abscesses or swelling of the upper airway, tumors, paralysis, or malfunction of vocal cords. Tracheitis <span style="font-family:Verdana;">due</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> to immunoglobulin deficiency may be a rare explanation for stridor in adults, although occasionally reported in children. We report an adult man having </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">stridor secondary to isolated immunoglobulin A deficiency. We did a</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">n in-depth review of the literature to seek out no reported cases of stridor thanks to immunoglobulin deficiency in adults. This case underlines the very fact that a standard symptom like stridor rarely occurs thanks to uncommon causes. This case is exclusive because it reports the presence of stridor associated with isolated immunoglobulin A deficiency in an adult patient. The explanation for the stridor was an intraluminal narrowing of the upper part of the extrathoracic trachea.</span></span>

关 键 词：STRIDOR TRACHEITIS Immunoglobulin A Deficiency 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]