A malignant wheeze!
Asthma is a common disorder presenting with nonspecific features, which may mimic other conditions such as tracheal tumors. Tracheal tumors are often misdiagnosed as asthma. We report a case of a 38-year female who was being worked up for persistent wheeze that was initially attributed to acute asth...
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| author | Kashyap Goyal Subodh Kumar Mayank Mishra Ritisha Bhatt Adabala Vijay Babu Mukesh Tripathi |
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| description | Asthma is a common disorder presenting with nonspecific features, which may mimic other conditions such as tracheal tumors. Tracheal tumors are often misdiagnosed as asthma. We report a case of a 38-year female who was being worked up for persistent wheeze that was initially attributed to acute asthma, only to be later discovered as tracheal tumor. A high index of suspicion for alternative diagnoses must be kept in mind while evaluating a patient who presents with clinical features suggestive of asthma, but fails to respond to standard therapy. The present case report emphasizes the fact that not all wheezes are asthma. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c12d6441742640dcb7a554d74cfc73a72022-12-22T02:48:40ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease1122-06432532-52642018-11-0188310.4081/monaldi.2018.972A malignant wheeze!Kashyap Goyal0Subodh Kumar1Mayank Mishra2Ritisha Bhatt3Adabala Vijay Babu4Mukesh Tripathi5AIIMS Rishikesh, Department of Pulmonary MedicineAIIMS Rishikesh, Department of Pulmonary MedicineAIIMS Rishikesh, Department of Pulmonary MedicineAIIMS Rishikesh, Department of Pulmonary MedicineAIIMS Rishikesh, Department of AnaesthesiaAIIMS Rishikesh, Department of AnaesthesiaAsthma is a common disorder presenting with nonspecific features, which may mimic other conditions such as tracheal tumors. Tracheal tumors are often misdiagnosed as asthma. We report a case of a 38-year female who was being worked up for persistent wheeze that was initially attributed to acute asthma, only to be later discovered as tracheal tumor. A high index of suspicion for alternative diagnoses must be kept in mind while evaluating a patient who presents with clinical features suggestive of asthma, but fails to respond to standard therapy. The present case report emphasizes the fact that not all wheezes are asthma.https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/972Asthmamimicwheeze. |
| spellingShingle | Kashyap Goyal Subodh Kumar Mayank Mishra Ritisha Bhatt Adabala Vijay Babu Mukesh Tripathi A malignant wheeze! Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease Asthma mimic wheeze. |
| title | A malignant wheeze! |
| title_full | A malignant wheeze! |
| title_fullStr | A malignant wheeze! |
| title_full_unstemmed | A malignant wheeze! |
| title_short | A malignant wheeze! |
| title_sort | malignant wheeze |
| topic | Asthma mimic wheeze. |
| url | https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/972 |
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