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Revision as of 19:58, 21 February 2018

Etiology on the basis of anatomy Diseases Clinical manifestations Diagnosis Other features
Symptoms Physical exam Imaging
Onset Cough Dyspnea Fever Slurred speech Cyanosis Clubbing Auscultation Labs Pulmonary function testing Chest imaging Other Gold standard
Extrathoracic upper airway diseases Laryngeal edema

(Anaphylaxis)

Acute - - -
  • Not specific
  • Not required
  • Not required

Acute onset with one of them:

Two or more after the exposure to a likely allergern

BP reduced after exposure of a known allergen

Cricoarytenoid arthritis Acute - - -
  • Clear chest
Vocal fold edema/Hematoma/Paralysis[2] Acute - - -
  • Not specific
  • Variable
  • Clear chest
  • Not required
Paradoxical vocal fold motion Acute - - -
  • Clear chest
Laryngeal stenosis[6] Acute, Chronic - -
  • Not specific
  • FV loop variable
  • Clear chest
Laryngocele Chronic - - - -
  • Not specific
  • Normal function
  • Clear chest
Epiglottitis (supraglottitis) Acute - - -
  • Elevated white blood count
  • Epiglottal culture
  • Normal function
  • Clear chest
  • Tripod posture
  • Drooling
  • Tenderness of the anterior part of the neck
Goiter Chronic - - - -
  • Airflow limitation of the volume loop depend on the size and localization [10]
  • Substernal Goiter causes a deviation of the trachea
  • CT can be performed to visualized the cervical and substernal Gotier and its extention[11] 
Postnasal drip syndrome Acute - - - -
  • Increase of IgE
  • Positive intradermic test[13]
  • Clear chest
  • Clinical diagnosis
Relapsing polychondritis
Retropharyngeal abscess
Tonsillar hypertrophy
Tumor of pharynx/larynx/upper trachea
Central airway diseases

(Intrathoracic upper airway obstruction)

Mediastinal mass/lymphadenopathy
Respiratory papillomatosis
Tracheobronchomalacia
Tracheal stenosis
Tracheal and bronchial tumors
Vascular ring or aneurysm
Lower airway obstruction Bronchiectasis
Bronchiolitis
Carcinoid syndrome
Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH)
Heart failure
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema
Parasitic infection with VLM (eg, Ascaris Strongyloides, filaria)
Pulmonary thromboembolism 
Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome
Tracheobronchomalacia

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  12. Knudsen N, Perrild H, Christiansen E, Rasmussen S, Dige-Petersen H, Jørgensen T (March 2000). "Thyroid structure and size and two-year follow-up of solitary cold thyroid nodules in an unselected population with borderline iodine deficiency". Eur. J. Endocrinol. 142 (3): 224–30. PMID 10700715.
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