Airway Obstruction Caused by Mucinous Material Adherent to the Epiglottis in a Patient with a Progressive Neurological Disorder: An Unusual Case of a Condition Mimicking Acquired Laryngomalacia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Airway Obstruction Caused by Mucinous Material Adherent to the Epiglottis in a Patient with a Progressive Neurological Disorder: An Unusual Case of a Condition Mimicking Acquired Laryngomalacia

Published:2019-09-15 Issue:18 Volume:58 Page:2711-2714
ISSN:0918-2918
Container-title:Internal Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Intern. Med.

Author:

Yamada Sho¹²,Kawakami Daisuke¹,Ohira Junichiro³,Ueta Hiroshi¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan

2. Respiratory Disease Center, Kitano Hospital, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Japan

3. Department of Neurology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan

Publisher

Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

Subject

General Medicine,Internal Medicine

Link

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/58/18/58_2268-18/_pdf

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