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! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" + |Etiology on the basis of anatomy
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" + |Etiology on the basis of anatomy
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" + |Diseases
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" + |Diseases
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(Anaphylaxis)
(Anaphylaxis)
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
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* High levels of [[serum]] [[tryptase]]
* High levels of [[serum]] [[tryptase]]
* Increased levels of [[plasma]] [[histamine]]
* Increased levels of [[plasma]] [[histamine]]
* [[Skin allergy test]]
* [[Skin allergy test]]
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* Not specific
* Not specific
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* Not required
* Not required
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* Not required
* Not required
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Acute onset with one of them:
Acute onset with one of them:
* Respiratory compromise
* Respiratory compromise
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* Adult [[Blood pressure|BP]] [[Systole (medicine)|systolic]]<90 mmHg
* Adult [[Blood pressure|BP]] [[Systole (medicine)|systolic]]<90 mmHg
* Children: Low [[Systolic blood pressure|systolic BP]] 
* Children: Low [[Systolic blood pressure|systolic BP]] 
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* [[Nasal discharge]], [[altered mental status]], redness and [[hives]] of the [[skin]]
* [[Nasal discharge]], [[altered mental status]], redness and [[hives]] of the [[skin]]
* Common [[Allergen|allergens]]: Food, insect sting, biologic materials, natural rubber latex, etc
* Common [[Allergen|allergens]]: Food, insect sting, biologic materials, natural rubber latex, etc
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| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Cricoarytenoid arthritis
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Cricoarytenoid arthritis
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
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* Test for [[Rheumatoid arthritis]]
* Test for [[Rheumatoid arthritis]]
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* [[Lung volumes|Forced inspiratory flow]]<nowiki/>decreased
* [[Lung volumes|Forced inspiratory flow]]<nowiki/>decreased
* [[Lung volumes|Forced expiratory flow]]<nowiki/>decreased
* [[Lung volumes|Forced expiratory flow]]<nowiki/>decreased
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* Clear chest
* Clear chest
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* Hyperdense intra-articular sclerotic [[Cricoid cartilage|cricoid]] and [[arytenoid cartilage]]<nowiki/>s in [[Computed tomography|CT]]<ref name="pmid22884484">{{cite journal |vauthors=Greco A, Fusconi M, Macri GF, Marinelli C, Polettini E, Benincasa AT, de Vincentiis M |title=Cricoarytenoid joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: radiologic evaluation |journal=Am J Otolaryngol |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=753–5 |date= 2012 |pmid=22884484 |doi=10.1016/j.amjoto.2012.06.004 |url= |author=}}</ref>
* Hyperdense intra-articular sclerotic [[Cricoid cartilage|cricoid]] and [[arytenoid cartilage]]<nowiki/>s in [[Computed tomography|CT]]<ref name="pmid22884484">{{cite journal |vauthors=Greco A, Fusconi M, Macri GF, Marinelli C, Polettini E, Benincasa AT, de Vincentiis M |title=Cricoarytenoid joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: radiologic evaluation |journal=Am J Otolaryngol |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=753–5 |date= 2012 |pmid=22884484 |doi=10.1016/j.amjoto.2012.06.004 |url= |author=}}</ref>
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* [[Laryngoscopy|Direct laryngoscopy]]
* [[Laryngoscopy|Direct laryngoscopy]]
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* [[Cartilage]] <nowiki/>erosion can lead on joint luxation and immobilization of the [[cord]]<ref name="pmid22884484" />  
* [[Cartilage]] <nowiki/>erosion can lead on joint luxation and immobilization of the [[cord]]<ref name="pmid22884484" />  
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| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Vocal fold edema/hematoma/paralysis<ref name="pmid17011423">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ishman SL, Halum SL, Patel NJ, Kerschner JE, Merati AL |title=Management of vocal paralysis: a comparison of adult and pediatric practices |journal=Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |volume=135 |issue=4 |pages=590–4 |date=October 2006 |pmid=17011423 |doi=10.1016/j.otohns.2006.04.014 |url= |author=}}</ref>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Vocal fold edema/hematoma/paralysis<ref name="pmid17011423">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ishman SL, Halum SL, Patel NJ, Kerschner JE, Merati AL |title=Management of vocal paralysis: a comparison of adult and pediatric practices |journal=Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |volume=135 |issue=4 |pages=590–4 |date=October 2006 |pmid=17011423 |doi=10.1016/j.otohns.2006.04.014 |url= |author=}}</ref>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
* Short breathing
* Short breathing
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specific
* Not specific
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* Variable
* Variable
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Clear chest
* Clear chest
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* Not required
* Not required
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* [[Laryngoscopy]]
* [[Laryngoscopy]]
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* Associated with [[Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery|neck surgery]]
* Associated with [[Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery|neck surgery]]
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| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Paradoxical vocal fold motion
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Paradoxical vocal fold motion
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Inspiratory [[stridor]]
* Inspiratory [[stridor]]
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* [[Hypercapnia]] in [[arterial blood gases]] <nowiki/>when [[distress]] is severe
* [[Hypercapnia]] in [[arterial blood gases]] <nowiki/>when [[distress]] is severe
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* [[Lung function tests|Forced inspiratory flow]] <nowiki/>decrease but normal between episodes<ref name="pmid22434681">{{cite journal |vauthors=Forrest LA, Husein T, Husein O |title=Paradoxical vocal cord motion: classification and treatment |journal=Laryngoscope |volume=122 |issue=4 |pages=844–53 |date=April 2012 |pmid=22434681 |doi=10.1002/lary.23176 |url= |author=}}</ref>
* [[Lung function tests|Forced inspiratory flow]] <nowiki/>decrease but normal between episodes<ref name="pmid22434681">{{cite journal |vauthors=Forrest LA, Husein T, Husein O |title=Paradoxical vocal cord motion: classification and treatment |journal=Laryngoscope |volume=122 |issue=4 |pages=844–53 |date=April 2012 |pmid=22434681 |doi=10.1002/lary.23176 |url= |author=}}</ref>
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* Clear chest
* Clear chest
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* [[Computed tomography|CT]] and color flow doppler <nowiki/>to rule out other diseases<ref name="pmid9207723">{{cite journal |vauthors=Nastasi KJ, Howard DA, Raby RB, Lew DB, Blaiss MS |title=Airway fluoroscopic diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction syndrome |journal=Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. |volume=78 |issue=6 |pages=586–8 |date=June 1997 |pmid=9207723 |doi=10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63220-6 |url= |author=}}</ref>
* [[Computed tomography|CT]] and color flow doppler <nowiki/>to rule out other diseases<ref name="pmid9207723">{{cite journal |vauthors=Nastasi KJ, Howard DA, Raby RB, Lew DB, Blaiss MS |title=Airway fluoroscopic diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction syndrome |journal=Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. |volume=78 |issue=6 |pages=586–8 |date=June 1997 |pmid=9207723 |doi=10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63220-6 |url= |author=}}</ref>
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* Abnormal [[adduction]] of [[vocal fold]] visualized in [[laryngoscopy]]
* Abnormal [[adduction]] of [[vocal fold]] visualized in [[laryngoscopy]]
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Throat]] tightness, choking sensation
* [[Throat]] tightness, choking sensation
* Associated with[[exercise]], [[asthma]], postextubation, etc<ref name="pmid23097011">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chiang T, Marcinow AM, deSilva BW, Ence BN, Lindsey SE, Forrest LA |title=Exercise-induced paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder: diagnosis and management |journal=Laryngoscope |volume=123 |issue=3 |pages=727–31 |date=March 2013 |pmid=23097011 |doi=10.1002/lary.23654 |url= |author=}}</ref>
* Associated with[[exercise]], [[asthma]], postextubation, etc<ref name="pmid23097011">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chiang T, Marcinow AM, deSilva BW, Ence BN, Lindsey SE, Forrest LA |title=Exercise-induced paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder: diagnosis and management |journal=Laryngoscope |volume=123 |issue=3 |pages=727–31 |date=March 2013 |pmid=23097011 |doi=10.1002/lary.23654 |url= |author=}}</ref>
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| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Laryngeal stenosis<ref name="pmid27508129">{{cite journal |vauthors=Nair S, Nilakantan A, Sood A, Gupta A, Gupta A |title=Challenges in the Management of Laryngeal Stenosis |journal=Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=294–9 |date=September 2016 |pmid=27508129 |pmc=4961642 |doi=10.1007/s12070-015-0936-2 |url= |author=}}</ref>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Laryngeal stenosis<ref name="pmid27508129">{{cite journal |vauthors=Nair S, Nilakantan A, Sood A, Gupta A, Gupta A |title=Challenges in the Management of Laryngeal Stenosis |journal=Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=294–9 |date=September 2016 |pmid=27508129 |pmc=4961642 |doi=10.1007/s12070-015-0936-2 |url= |author=}}</ref>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute, Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute, Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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* [[Glottic]] or [[Glottis|supraglottic]]: Inspiratory [[stridor]]
* [[Glottic]] or [[Glottis|supraglottic]]: Inspiratory [[stridor]]
* [[Glottis]] <nowiki/>through [[trachea]]: biphasic [[stridor]]
* [[Glottis]] <nowiki/>through [[trachea]]: biphasic [[stridor]]
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* Not specific
* Not specific
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Vital capacity|FV]] loop variable
* [[Vital capacity|FV]] loop variable
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* Clear chest
* Clear chest
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* Stenosis visualized in [[neck]] [[x-ray]]
* Stenosis visualized in [[neck]] [[x-ray]]
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* Palpation of [[Arytenoid cartilage|arytenoid]] <nowiki/>for passive mobility and [[Laryngoscope|laryngoscopy]]<ref name="pmid7208045">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bogdasarian RS, Olson NR |title=Posterior glottic laryngeal stenosis |journal=Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. |volume=88 |issue=6 |pages=765–72 |date= 1980 |pmid=7208045 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>
* Palpation of [[Arytenoid cartilage|arytenoid]] <nowiki/>for passive mobility and [[Laryngoscope|laryngoscopy]]<ref name="pmid7208045">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bogdasarian RS, Olson NR |title=Posterior glottic laryngeal stenosis |journal=Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. |volume=88 |issue=6 |pages=765–72 |date= 1980 |pmid=7208045 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>
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* History of neck trauma or [[intubation]]
* History of neck trauma or [[intubation]]
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| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Laryngocele
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Laryngocele
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Inspiratory [[stridor]]
* Inspiratory [[stridor]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
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* Not specific
* Not specific
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Normal function
* Normal function
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Clear chest
* Clear chest
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Cyst]] with liquid or air content on [[ultrasound]], [[radiography]] or [[Computed tomography|CT]]
* [[Cyst]] with liquid or air content on [[ultrasound]], [[radiography]] or [[Computed tomography|CT]]
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* Smooth swelling visualized in [[laryngoscopy]]<ref name="pmid8166980">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chu L, Gussack GS, Orr JB, Hood D |title=Neonatal laryngoceles. A cause for airway obstruction |journal=Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. |volume=120 |issue=4 |pages=454–8 |date=April 1994 |pmid=8166980 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>
* Smooth swelling visualized in [[laryngoscopy]]<ref name="pmid8166980">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chu L, Gussack GS, Orr JB, Hood D |title=Neonatal laryngoceles. A cause for airway obstruction |journal=Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. |volume=120 |issue=4 |pages=454–8 |date=April 1994 |pmid=8166980 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>
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* [[Dysphagia]], laryngeal discomfort
* [[Dysphagia]], laryngeal discomfort
* Usually [[asymptomatic]]
* Usually [[asymptomatic]]
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| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Epiglottitis (supraglottitis)
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Epiglottitis (supraglottitis)
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
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* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
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* [[Leukocytosis]]
* [[Leukocytosis]]
* Epiglottal [[Culture collection|culture]]
* Epiglottal [[Culture collection|culture]]
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* Normal function
* Normal function
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* Clear chest
* Clear chest
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* More than 8 mm of size epiglottal and distend [[hypopharynx]]  in neck [[x-ray]]
* More than 8 mm of size epiglottal and distend [[hypopharynx]]  in neck [[x-ray]]
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* An edematous [[epiglottis]] is visualized on [[laryngoscopy]]<ref name="pmid18510881">{{cite journal |vauthors=Glynn F, Fenton JE |title=Diagnosis and management of supraglottitis (epiglottitis) |journal=Curr Infect Dis Rep |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=200–4 |date=May 2008 |pmid=18510881 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>
* An edematous [[epiglottis]] is visualized on [[laryngoscopy]]<ref name="pmid18510881">{{cite journal |vauthors=Glynn F, Fenton JE |title=Diagnosis and management of supraglottitis (epiglottitis) |journal=Curr Infect Dis Rep |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=200–4 |date=May 2008 |pmid=18510881 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>
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* Tripod posture
* Tripod posture
* [[Drooling]]
* [[Drooling]]
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| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Goiter
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Goiter
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
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* [[Thyroid function tests]]: [[TSH]], [[Triiodothyronine|T3]], and [[Thyroxine|T4]]
* [[Thyroid function tests]]: [[TSH]], [[Triiodothyronine|T3]], and [[Thyroxine|T4]]
* [[Thyroid peroxidase|Thyroid peroxide antibodies]] :[[Thyroid peroxidase|TPO]]
* [[Thyroid peroxidase|Thyroid peroxide antibodies]] :[[Thyroid peroxidase|TPO]]
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Airflow limitation of the volume loop depending on the size and localization<ref name="pmid1130755">{{cite journal |vauthors=Al-Bazzaz F, Grillo H, Kazemi H |title=Response to exercise in upper airway obstruction |journal=Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. |volume=111 |issue=5 |pages=631–40 |date=May 1975 |pmid=1130755 |doi=10.1164/arrd.1975.111.5.631 |url= |author=}}</ref>
* Airflow limitation of the volume loop depending on the size and localization<ref name="pmid1130755">{{cite journal |vauthors=Al-Bazzaz F, Grillo H, Kazemi H |title=Response to exercise in upper airway obstruction |journal=Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. |volume=111 |issue=5 |pages=631–40 |date=May 1975 |pmid=1130755 |doi=10.1164/arrd.1975.111.5.631 |url= |author=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Substernal [[goiter]] causes a deviation of the [[trachea]]
* Substernal [[goiter]] causes a deviation of the [[trachea]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Computed tomography|CT]] can be performed to visualize the [[cervical]] and substernal [[goiter]] and its extention<ref name="pmid6600532">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bashist B, Ellis K, Gold RP |title=Computed tomography of intrathoracic goiters |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=140 |issue=3 |pages=455–60 |date=March 1983 |pmid=6600532 |doi=10.2214/ajr.140.3.455 |url= |author=}}</ref> 
* [[Computed tomography|CT]] can be performed to visualize the [[cervical]] and substernal [[goiter]] and its extention<ref name="pmid6600532">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bashist B, Ellis K, Gold RP |title=Computed tomography of intrathoracic goiters |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=140 |issue=3 |pages=455–60 |date=March 1983 |pmid=6600532 |doi=10.2214/ajr.140.3.455 |url= |author=}}</ref> 
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Physical examination]]
* [[Physical examination]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Iodine deficiency]] is the most common cause<ref name="pmid10700715">{{cite journal |vauthors=Knudsen N, Perrild H, Christiansen E, Rasmussen S, Dige-Petersen H, Jørgensen T |title=Thyroid structure and size and two-year follow-up of solitary cold thyroid nodules in an unselected population with borderline iodine deficiency |journal=Eur. J. Endocrinol. |volume=142 |issue=3 |pages=224–30 |date=March 2000 |pmid=10700715 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>
* [[Iodine deficiency]] is the most common cause<ref name="pmid10700715">{{cite journal |vauthors=Knudsen N, Perrild H, Christiansen E, Rasmussen S, Dige-Petersen H, Jørgensen T |title=Thyroid structure and size and two-year follow-up of solitary cold thyroid nodules in an unselected population with borderline iodine deficiency |journal=Eur. J. Endocrinol. |volume=142 |issue=3 |pages=224–30 |date=March 2000 |pmid=10700715 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Postnasal drip syndrome
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Postnasal drip syndrome
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Elevated [[eosinophils]]
* Elevated [[eosinophils]]


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* Positive intradermic test<ref name="pmid25910556">{{cite journal |vauthors=Yu L, Xu X, Lv H, Qiu Z |title=Advances in upper airway cough syndrome |journal=Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci. |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=223–8 |date=May 2015 |pmid=25910556 |doi=10.1016/j.kjms.2015.01.005 |url= |author=}}</ref>
* Positive intradermic test<ref name="pmid25910556">{{cite journal |vauthors=Yu L, Xu X, Lv H, Qiu Z |title=Advances in upper airway cough syndrome |journal=Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci. |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=223–8 |date=May 2015 |pmid=25910556 |doi=10.1016/j.kjms.2015.01.005 |url= |author=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Normal response to [[bronchoprovocation]]
* Normal response to [[bronchoprovocation]]
* Variable FV loop 
* Variable FV loop 
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Clear chest
* Clear chest
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Sinus [[Computed tomography|CT]] mat be helpful
* Sinus [[Computed tomography|CT]] mat be helpful
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Clinical diagnosis
* Clinical diagnosis
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Nasal congestion]]
* [[Nasal congestion]]
* [[Rhinorrhea]]
* [[Rhinorrhea]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Relapsing polychondritis  
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Relapsing polychondritis  
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Aphonia]]
* [[Aphonia]]
* Inspiratory [[stridor]]
* Inspiratory [[stridor]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Leukocytosis]] or [[thrombocytosis]]  
* [[Leukocytosis]] or [[thrombocytosis]]  
* Positive [[antinuclear antibodies]] ( [[Antinuclear antibodies|ANA]]) and  [[Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody|ANCA]] 
* Positive [[antinuclear antibodies]] ( [[Antinuclear antibodies|ANA]]) and  [[Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody|ANCA]] 
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Variable flow volume loop
* Variable flow volume loop
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Tracheal narrowing
* Tracheal narrowing


* Cartilaginous calcification, bronchial wall thickness, and tracheal narrowing is observed on CT 
* Cartilaginous calcification, bronchial wall thickness, and tracheal narrowing is observed on CT 
* MRI can distinguish [[fibrosis]] from inflammation 
* MRI can distinguish [[fibrosis]] from inflammation 
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Cartilaginous calicification, [[Bronchial|bronchial wall]] thickness and tracheal narrowing observed in  [[Computed tomography|CT]] <ref name="pmid11756115">{{cite journal |vauthors=Behar JV, Choi YW, Hartman TA, Allen NB, McAdams HP |title=Relapsing polychondritis affecting the lower respiratory tract |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=178 |issue=1 |pages=173–7 |date=January 2002 |pmid=11756115 |doi=10.2214/ajr.178.1.1780173 |url= |author=}}</ref>
* Cartilaginous calicification, [[Bronchial|bronchial wall]] thickness and tracheal narrowing observed in  [[Computed tomography|CT]] <ref name="pmid11756115">{{cite journal |vauthors=Behar JV, Choi YW, Hartman TA, Allen NB, McAdams HP |title=Relapsing polychondritis affecting the lower respiratory tract |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=178 |issue=1 |pages=173–7 |date=January 2002 |pmid=11756115 |doi=10.2214/ajr.178.1.1780173 |url= |author=}}</ref>
* [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] can distinguish [[fibrosis]] from inflammation 
* [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] can distinguish [[fibrosis]] from inflammation 
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
Mc Adam criteria:<ref name="pmid775252">{{cite journal |vauthors=McAdam LP, O'Hanlan MA, Bluestone R, Pearson CM |title=Relapsing polychondritis: prospective study of 23 patients and a review of the literature |journal=Medicine (Baltimore) |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=193–215 |date=May 1976 |pmid=775252 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>
Mc Adam criteria:<ref name="pmid775252">{{cite journal |vauthors=McAdam LP, O'Hanlan MA, Bluestone R, Pearson CM |title=Relapsing polychondritis: prospective study of 23 patients and a review of the literature |journal=Medicine (Baltimore) |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=193–215 |date=May 1976 |pmid=775252 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>
*  [[Ear]] bilateral [[chondritis]]   
*  [[Ear]] bilateral [[chondritis]]   
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* Coclear or [[Vestibular system|vestibular]] dysfunction
* Coclear or [[Vestibular system|vestibular]] dysfunction
* [[Ocular]] [[inflamation]]
* [[Ocular]] [[inflamation]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Involvement of cartilage of ears, ribs, nose, and eyes
* Involvement of cartilage of ears, ribs, nose, and eyes
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Retropharyngeal abscess
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Retropharyngeal abscess
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Subacute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Subacute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Tachypnea]]
* [[Tachypnea]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Leukocytosis]]
* [[Leukocytosis]]
* [[Aerobic bacteria|Aerobic]] and [[Anaerobic bacteria|anaerobic]] [[Blood culture|blood cultures]] may be helpful<ref name="pmid28722903">{{cite journal |vauthors=Knorr TL, Sinha V |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |date= |pmid=28722903 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>  
* [[Aerobic bacteria|Aerobic]] and [[Anaerobic bacteria|anaerobic]] [[Blood culture|blood cultures]] may be helpful<ref name="pmid28722903">{{cite journal |vauthors=Knorr TL, Sinha V |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |date= |pmid=28722903 |doi= |url= |author=}}</ref>  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Normal function
* Normal function
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Lateral [[Chest X-ray|chest x-ray]] to determine the extension of the [[abscess]]
* Lateral [[Chest X-ray|chest x-ray]] to determine the extension of the [[abscess]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Increased vertebral space in lateral neck [[x-ray]]
* Increased vertebral space in lateral neck [[x-ray]]
* Cervical [[lordosis]] and gas collection in [[retropharyngeal space]] in neck [[Computed tomography|CT]] with intravenous contrast
* Cervical [[lordosis]] and gas collection in [[retropharyngeal space]] in neck [[Computed tomography|CT]] with intravenous contrast
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Neck [[Computed tomography|CT]] or presence of pus during the surgical procedure <ref name="pmid7991254">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lazor JB, Cunningham MJ, Eavey RD, Weber AL |title=Comparison of computed tomography and surgical findings in deep neck infections |journal=Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |volume=111 |issue=6 |pages=746–50 |date=December 1994 |pmid=7991254 |doi=10.1177/019459989411100608 |url= |author=}}</ref>
* Neck [[Computed tomography|CT]] or presence of pus during the surgical procedure <ref name="pmid7991254">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lazor JB, Cunningham MJ, Eavey RD, Weber AL |title=Comparison of computed tomography and surgical findings in deep neck infections |journal=Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |volume=111 |issue=6 |pages=746–50 |date=December 1994 |pmid=7991254 |doi=10.1177/019459989411100608 |url= |author=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Pain with neck extension
* Pain with neck extension
* [[Dysphagia]]
* [[Dysphagia]]
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|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Tonsillar hypertrophy
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Tonsillar hypertrophy
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute, chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute, chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔ hyponasal speech
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔ hyponasal speech
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Stridor]]  
* [[Stridor]]  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specific
* Not specific
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Flow loop shows inspiratory slowing
* Flow loop shows inspiratory slowing
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Clear chest
* Clear chest
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not required
* Not required
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Direct visualization of enlarged [[tonsils]] in [[oropharyngeal]] exam<ref name="pmid22973368">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jazi SM, Barati B, Kheradmand A |title=Treatment of adenotonsillar hypertrophy: A prospective randomized trial comparing azithromycin vs. fluticasone |journal=J Res Med Sci |volume=16 |issue=12 |pages=1590–7 |date=December 2011 |pmid=22973368 |pmc=3434901 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* Direct visualization of enlarged [[tonsils]] in [[oropharyngeal]] exam<ref name="pmid22973368">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jazi SM, Barati B, Kheradmand A |title=Treatment of adenotonsillar hypertrophy: A prospective randomized trial comparing azithromycin vs. fluticasone |journal=J Res Med Sci |volume=16 |issue=12 |pages=1590–7 |date=December 2011 |pmid=22973368 |pmc=3434901 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* More in children and adolescents
* More in children and adolescents
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Tumor of pharynx/larynx/upper trachea
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Tumor of pharynx/larynx/upper trachea
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specific
* Not specific
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Flow loop shows inspiratory slowing
* Flow loop shows inspiratory slowing
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not required
* Not required
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Computed tomography|CT]] provide information about the grade of invasion
* [[Computed tomography|CT]] provide information about the grade of invasion
* [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] can make a difference between tumors in the mucosa or bone marrow<ref name="urlCDC - Head and Neck Cancers">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/headneck/index.htm |title=CDC - Head and Neck Cancers |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
* [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] can make a difference between tumors in the mucosa or bone marrow<ref name="urlCDC - Head and Neck Cancers">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/headneck/index.htm |title=CDC - Head and Neck Cancers |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
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| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Fine needle aspiration [[biopsy]]
* Fine needle aspiration [[biopsy]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Risk factor: [[Tobacco]] and [[Human papillomavirus|HPV]] infections
* Risk factor: [[Tobacco]] and [[Human papillomavirus|HPV]] infections
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(Intrathoracic upper airway obstruction)
(Intrathoracic upper airway obstruction)
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Mediastinal mass/lymphadenopathy
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Mediastinal mass/lymphadenopathy
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies present in [[thymic]] [[Tumor|tumors]]   
* Anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies present in [[thymic]] [[Tumor|tumors]]   
* High levels of [[Alpha-fetoprotein|AFP]] and [[Human chorionic gonadotropin|beta-hCG]] present in [[Germ cell tumor|germ cell tumors]]
* High levels of [[Alpha-fetoprotein|AFP]] and [[Human chorionic gonadotropin|beta-hCG]] present in [[Germ cell tumor|germ cell tumors]]
* Increased [[lactate dehydrogenase]] in [[Seminoma|seminomas]]  
* Increased [[lactate dehydrogenase]] in [[Seminoma|seminomas]]  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Lung volumes|Expiratory flow rate]] decreased<ref name="pmid7652680">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shamberger RC, Holzman RS, Griscom NT, Tarbell NJ, Weinstein HJ, Wohl ME |title=Prospective evaluation by computed tomography and pulmonary function tests of children with mediastinal masses |journal=Surgery |volume=118 |issue=3 |pages=468–71 |date=September 1995 |pmid=7652680 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
* [[Lung volumes|Expiratory flow rate]] decreased<ref name="pmid7652680">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shamberger RC, Holzman RS, Griscom NT, Tarbell NJ, Weinstein HJ, Wohl ME |title=Prospective evaluation by computed tomography and pulmonary function tests of children with mediastinal masses |journal=Surgery |volume=118 |issue=3 |pages=468–71 |date=September 1995 |pmid=7652680 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Size, location, and density of the mass can be observed
* Size, location, and density of the mass can be observed
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* In [[Computed tomography|chest CT]] . location, size, tissue characteristic, and relationship with other structures of the mass is observed
* In [[Computed tomography|chest CT]] . location, size, tissue characteristic, and relationship with other structures of the mass is observed
* Information of posterior mediastinal mass can be provided in chest or [[spine]] [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] <ref name="pmid23225215">{{cite journal |vauthors=Juanpere S, Cañete N, Ortuño P, Martínez S, Sanchez G, Bernado L |title=A diagnostic approach to the mediastinal masses |journal=Insights Imaging |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=29–52 |date=February 2013 |pmid=23225215 |pmc=3579993 |doi=10.1007/s13244-012-0201-0 |url=}}</ref>
* Information of posterior mediastinal mass can be provided in chest or [[spine]] [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] <ref name="pmid23225215">{{cite journal |vauthors=Juanpere S, Cañete N, Ortuño P, Martínez S, Sanchez G, Bernado L |title=A diagnostic approach to the mediastinal masses |journal=Insights Imaging |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=29–52 |date=February 2013 |pmid=23225215 |pmc=3579993 |doi=10.1007/s13244-012-0201-0 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Computed tomography|Chest CT]]
* [[Computed tomography|Chest CT]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Hemoptysis]]  
* [[Hemoptysis]]  
* [[Superior vena cava syndrome]]
* [[Superior vena cava syndrome]]
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|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Respiratory papillomatosis
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Respiratory papillomatosis
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specific
* Not specific
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specific
* Not specific
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Solid or cavitated [[Pulmonary nodule|pulmonary nodules]]  
* Solid or cavitated [[Pulmonary nodule|pulmonary nodules]]  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Nodules]] which involves mucosal surface observed in [[Computed tomography|CT]]<ref name="urlLaryngotracheobronchial papillomatosis: findings on computed tomography scans of the chest">{{cite web |url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=s1806-37132008001200016&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en |title=Laryngotracheobronchial papillomatosis: findings on computed tomography scans of the chest |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
* [[Nodules]] which involves mucosal surface observed in [[Computed tomography|CT]]<ref name="urlLaryngotracheobronchial papillomatosis: findings on computed tomography scans of the chest">{{cite web |url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=s1806-37132008001200016&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en |title=Laryngotracheobronchial papillomatosis: findings on computed tomography scans of the chest |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Polypoidy|Polypoid lesions]] observed on [[bronchoscopy]]  
* [[Polypoidy|Polypoid lesions]] observed on [[bronchoscopy]]  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Etiology: [[Human papillomavirus|HPV 6 and 11]]
* Etiology: [[Human papillomavirus|HPV 6 and 11]]
* [[Biopsy]] to determine the type of virus
* [[Biopsy]] to determine the type of virus
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Tracheobronchomalacia
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Tracheobronchomalacia
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
* Forced expiration
* Forced expiration
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specifc
* Not specifc
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Low [[Lung volumes|expiratory]] flow in flow volume loop
* Low [[Lung volumes|expiratory]] flow in flow volume loop
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Airway compression from  other structures  
* Airway compression from  other structures  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Airway collpse observed in images at the end of [[inspiration]] in dynamic [[Computed tomography|CT]]<ref name="pmid11351189">{{cite journal |vauthors=Aquino SL, Shepard JA, Ginns LC, Moore RH, Halpern E, Grillo HC, McLoud TC |title=Acquired tracheomalacia: detection by expiratory CT scan |journal=J Comput Assist Tomogr |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=394–9 |date= 2001 |pmid=11351189 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
* Airway collpse observed in images at the end of [[inspiration]] in dynamic [[Computed tomography|CT]]<ref name="pmid11351189">{{cite journal |vauthors=Aquino SL, Shepard JA, Ginns LC, Moore RH, Halpern E, Grillo HC, McLoud TC |title=Acquired tracheomalacia: detection by expiratory CT scan |journal=J Comput Assist Tomogr |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=394–9 |date= 2001 |pmid=11351189 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Airway collapse observed on [[bronchoscopy]]<ref name="pmid24960030">{{cite journal |vauthors=Majid A, Gaurav K, Sanchez JM, Berger RL, Folch E, Fernandez-Bussy S, Ernst A, Gangadharan SP |title=Evaluation of tracheobronchomalacia by dynamic flexible bronchoscopy. A pilot study |journal=Ann Am Thorac Soc |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=951–5 |date=July 2014 |pmid=24960030 |doi=10.1513/AnnalsATS.201312-435BC |url=}}</ref>
* Airway collapse observed on [[bronchoscopy]]<ref name="pmid24960030">{{cite journal |vauthors=Majid A, Gaurav K, Sanchez JM, Berger RL, Folch E, Fernandez-Bussy S, Ernst A, Gangadharan SP |title=Evaluation of tracheobronchomalacia by dynamic flexible bronchoscopy. A pilot study |journal=Ann Am Thorac Soc |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=951–5 |date=July 2014 |pmid=24960030 |doi=10.1513/AnnalsATS.201312-435BC |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Sputum]] retention
* [[Sputum]] retention
* [[Barking cough]]  
* [[Barking cough]]  
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Tracheal stenosis
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Tracheal stenosis
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Stridor]]
* [[Stridor]]
* Monophonic expiratory  
* Monophonic expiratory  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specific
* Not specific
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Lung volumes|FV]] loop variable
* [[Lung volumes|FV]] loop variable
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Narrowing of the [[trachea]]
* Narrowing of the [[trachea]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Extension of the narrowing observed in [[Computed tomography|CT]] or [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]]
* Extension of the narrowing observed in [[Computed tomography|CT]] or [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Narrowing of the [[trachea]] observed in [[bronchoscopy]]<ref name="pmid9720679">{{cite journal |vauthors=Altman KW, Wetmore RF, Mahboubi S |title=Comparison of endoscopy and radiographic fluoroscopy in the evaluation of pediatric congenital airway abnormalities |journal=Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=43–6 |date=June 1998 |pmid=9720679 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
* Narrowing of the [[trachea]] observed in [[bronchoscopy]]<ref name="pmid9720679">{{cite journal |vauthors=Altman KW, Wetmore RF, Mahboubi S |title=Comparison of endoscopy and radiographic fluoroscopy in the evaluation of pediatric congenital airway abnormalities |journal=Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=43–6 |date=June 1998 |pmid=9720679 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Long segment stenosis incompatible with survival<ref name="pmid16481247">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chiu PP, Rusan M, Williams WG, Caldarone CA, Kim PC |title=Long-term outcomes of clinically significant vascular rings associated with congenital tracheal stenosis |journal=J. Pediatr. Surg. |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=335–41 |date=February 2006 |pmid=16481247 |doi=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.11.034 |url=}}</ref>
* Long segment stenosis incompatible with survival<ref name="pmid16481247">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chiu PP, Rusan M, Williams WG, Caldarone CA, Kim PC |title=Long-term outcomes of clinically significant vascular rings associated with congenital tracheal stenosis |journal=J. Pediatr. Surg. |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=335–41 |date=February 2006 |pmid=16481247 |doi=10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.11.034 |url=}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Tracheal and bronchial tumors
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Tracheal and bronchial tumors
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic  
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic  
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specific
* Not specific
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* FV loop variable
* FV loop variable
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Narrowing of the [[trachea]]  
* Narrowing of the [[trachea]]  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Foca lesionsl, [[Polypoid cervical growth|polypoid]] ,and narrowing observed in [[Computed tomography|CT]]<ref name="pmid28066620" />
* Foca lesionsl, [[Polypoid cervical growth|polypoid]] ,and narrowing observed in [[Computed tomography|CT]]<ref name="pmid28066620" />
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Biopsy]] obtained by [[bronchoscopy]]<ref name="pmid28066620">{{cite journal |vauthors=Stevic R, Milenkovic B |title=Tracheobronchial tumors |journal=J Thorac Dis |volume=8 |issue=11 |pages=3401–3413 |date=November 2016 |pmid=28066620 |pmc=5179373 |doi=10.21037/jtd.2016.11.24 |url=}}</ref>
* [[Biopsy]] obtained by [[bronchoscopy]]<ref name="pmid28066620">{{cite journal |vauthors=Stevic R, Milenkovic B |title=Tracheobronchial tumors |journal=J Thorac Dis |volume=8 |issue=11 |pages=3401–3413 |date=November 2016 |pmid=28066620 |pmc=5179373 |doi=10.21037/jtd.2016.11.24 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Squamous cell carcinoma]]
* [[Squamous cell carcinoma]]
* Adenoid cystic carcinoma
* Adenoid cystic carcinoma
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|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Vascular ring or aneurysm
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Vascular ring or aneurysm
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Hoarseness]]
* [[Hoarseness]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[D-dimer]]
* [[D-dimer]]
* Blood [[urea]]
* Blood [[urea]]
* Blood [[nitrogen]]
* Blood [[nitrogen]]
* [[Anemia]] point acute loss blood
* [[Anemia]] point acute loss blood
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not required
* Not required
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Aorta|Aortic knob]] enlarged
* [[Aorta|Aortic knob]] enlarged
* Displacement to the [[trachea]] <ref name="pmid11715324">{{cite journal |vauthors=Miller WT |title=Thoracic aortic aneurysms: plain film findings |journal=Semin Roentgenol |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=288–94 |date=October 2001 |pmid=11715324 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* Displacement to the [[trachea]] <ref name="pmid11715324">{{cite journal |vauthors=Miller WT |title=Thoracic aortic aneurysms: plain film findings |journal=Semin Roentgenol |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=288–94 |date=October 2001 |pmid=11715324 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[ECG]] to rule out [[myocardial infarction]]
* [[ECG]] to rule out [[myocardial infarction]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Computed tomography|CT]] or [[Angiography|angiography MR]] to determine the aortic diameter or any change
* [[Computed tomography|CT]] or [[Angiography|angiography MR]] to determine the aortic diameter or any change
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Usually [[asymptomatic]]
* Usually [[asymptomatic]]
* Chest or abdominal pain appears when other structures are compressed
* Chest or abdominal pain appears when other structures are compressed
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| rowspan="9" style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Lower airway obstruction
| rowspan="9" style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Lower airway obstruction
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Bronchiectasis
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Bronchiectasis
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Crackles]]
* [[Crackles]]
* [[Shortness of breath]]
* [[Shortness of breath]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Neutrophilia]]  
* [[Neutrophilia]]  
* Levels of [[Immunoglobulin M|IgM]], [[Immunoglobulin G|IgG]] and [[Immunoglobulin A|IgA]]  
* Levels of [[Immunoglobulin M|IgM]], [[Immunoglobulin G|IgG]] and [[Immunoglobulin A|IgA]]  
* [[Sputum culture]] for [[fungi]], [[bacteria]] and [[mycobacteria]]<ref name="pmid28889110">{{cite journal |vauthors=Polverino E, Goeminne PC, McDonnell MJ, Aliberti S, Marshall SE, Loebinger MR, Murris M, Cantón R, Torres A, Dimakou K, De Soyza A, Hill AT, Haworth CS, Vendrell M, Ringshausen FC, Subotic D, Wilson R, Vilaró J, Stallberg B, Welte T, Rohde G, Blasi F, Elborn S, Almagro M, Timothy A, Ruddy T, Tonia T, Rigau D, Chalmers JD |title=European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis |journal=Eur. Respir. J. |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages= |date=September 2017 |pmid=28889110 |doi=10.1183/13993003.00629-2017 |url=}}</ref>
* [[Sputum culture]] for [[fungi]], [[bacteria]] and [[mycobacteria]]<ref name="pmid28889110">{{cite journal |vauthors=Polverino E, Goeminne PC, McDonnell MJ, Aliberti S, Marshall SE, Loebinger MR, Murris M, Cantón R, Torres A, Dimakou K, De Soyza A, Hill AT, Haworth CS, Vendrell M, Ringshausen FC, Subotic D, Wilson R, Vilaró J, Stallberg B, Welte T, Rohde G, Blasi F, Elborn S, Almagro M, Timothy A, Ruddy T, Tonia T, Rigau D, Chalmers JD |title=European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis |journal=Eur. Respir. J. |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages= |date=September 2017 |pmid=28889110 |doi=10.1183/13993003.00629-2017 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
** [[FEV1/FVC ratio|FEV1/FVC]] <70%
** [[FEV1/FVC ratio|FEV1/FVC]] <70%
** Normal [[FVC]]
** Normal [[FVC]]
** Low levels of [[FEV1]]
** Low levels of [[FEV1]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Linar [[atelectasis]]  
* Linar [[atelectasis]]  
* Dilated [[airways]]
* Dilated [[airways]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Tram lines or end-on ring shadows in chest [[Computed tomography|CT]] <ref name="pmid26024063">{{cite journal |vauthors=Milliron B, Henry TS, Veeraraghavan S, Little BP |title=Bronchiectasis: Mechanisms and Imaging Clues of Associated Common and Uncommon Diseases |journal=Radiographics |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=1011–30 |date= 2015 |pmid=26024063 |doi=10.1148/rg.2015140214 |url=}}</ref>
* Tram lines or end-on ring shadows in chest [[Computed tomography|CT]] <ref name="pmid26024063">{{cite journal |vauthors=Milliron B, Henry TS, Veeraraghavan S, Little BP |title=Bronchiectasis: Mechanisms and Imaging Clues of Associated Common and Uncommon Diseases |journal=Radiographics |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=1011–30 |date= 2015 |pmid=26024063 |doi=10.1148/rg.2015140214 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Chest [[Computed tomography|CT]]
* Chest [[Computed tomography|CT]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Hemoptysis]]
* [[Hemoptysis]]
* Chest [[pleuritic pain]]
* Chest [[pleuritic pain]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Bronchiolitis
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Bronchiolitis
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |.
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |.
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Crackles]]
* [[Crackles]]
* Increased respiratory rate
* Increased respiratory rate
|For bacterial infection in neonates:
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |For bacterial infection in neonates:
* [[CBC]]
* [[CBC]]
* [[Urinalysis]]
* [[Urinalysis]]
* [[Urine culture]]
* [[Urine culture]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
** Normal function or obstructive changes ([[FEV1/FVC ratio|FEV1/FVC]]<70%)
** Normal function or obstructive changes ([[FEV1/FVC ratio|FEV1/FVC]]<70%)
** Air trapping in [[Lung volumes]]
** Air trapping in [[Lung volumes]]
** Reduced [[DLCO|Diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide]] ( [[DLCO]]) <ref name="pmid20371529" />
** Reduced [[DLCO|Diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide]] ( [[DLCO]]) <ref name="pmid20371529" />
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Hyperinflation
* Hyperinflation
* Mosaic attenuation
* Mosaic attenuation
* Increased bronchial wall<ref name="pmid20371529">{{cite journal |vauthors=Devakonda A, Raoof S, Sung A, Travis WD, Naidich D |title=Bronchiolar disorders: a clinical-radiological diagnostic algorithm |journal=Chest |volume=137 |issue=4 |pages=938–51 |date=April 2010 |pmid=20371529 |doi=10.1378/chest.09-0800 |url=}}</ref>
* Increased bronchial wall<ref name="pmid20371529">{{cite journal |vauthors=Devakonda A, Raoof S, Sung A, Travis WD, Naidich D |title=Bronchiolar disorders: a clinical-radiological diagnostic algorithm |journal=Chest |volume=137 |issue=4 |pages=938–51 |date=April 2010 |pmid=20371529 |doi=10.1378/chest.09-0800 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Bronchoscopy to rule out other diseases
* Bronchoscopy to rule out other diseases
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Clinical diagnosis
* Clinical diagnosis
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Etiology: [[Respiratory syncytial virus]]'', [[Rhinovirus]]''  
* Etiology: [[Respiratory syncytial virus]]'', [[Rhinovirus]]''  
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Carcinoid syndrome
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Carcinoid syndrome
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Shortness of breath]]
* [[Shortness of breath]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Twenty four hour urine for [[5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid|5-HIAA]]
* Twenty four hour urine for [[5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid|5-HIAA]]
* Urinary excretion of [[serotonin]]
* Urinary excretion of [[serotonin]]
* High levels of [[Chromogranin|chromogranin concentration]] <ref name="pmid27594907">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mota JM, Sousa LG, Riechelmann RP |title=Complications from carcinoid syndrome: review of the current evidence |journal=Ecancermedicalscience |volume=10 |issue= |pages=662 |date= 2016 |pmid=27594907 |pmc=4990058 |doi=10.3332/ecancer.2016.662 |url=}}</ref>
* High levels of [[Chromogranin|chromogranin concentration]] <ref name="pmid27594907">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mota JM, Sousa LG, Riechelmann RP |title=Complications from carcinoid syndrome: review of the current evidence |journal=Ecancermedicalscience |volume=10 |issue= |pages=662 |date= 2016 |pmid=27594907 |pmc=4990058 |doi=10.3332/ecancer.2016.662 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specific
* Not specific
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Enlargement of the heart <ref name="pmid275949073">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mota JM, Sousa LG, Riechelmann RP |title=Complications from carcinoid syndrome: review of the current evidence |journal=Ecancermedicalscience |volume=10 |issue= |pages=662 |date= 2016 |pmid=27594907 |pmc=4990058 |doi=10.3332/ecancer.2016.662 |url=}}</ref>  
* Enlargement of the heart <ref name="pmid275949073">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mota JM, Sousa LG, Riechelmann RP |title=Complications from carcinoid syndrome: review of the current evidence |journal=Ecancermedicalscience |volume=10 |issue= |pages=662 |date= 2016 |pmid=27594907 |pmc=4990058 |doi=10.3332/ecancer.2016.662 |url=}}</ref>  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Carcinoid tumors of [[jejunum]], [[appendix]] and [[colon]] are oberved in abdominal [[Computed tomography|CT]]  
* Carcinoid tumors of [[jejunum]], [[appendix]] and [[colon]] are oberved in abdominal [[Computed tomography|CT]]  


* Liver metastases are visualized in [[MRI]]  
* Liver metastases are visualized in [[MRI]]  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Abdominal and pelvic [[Computed tomography|CT]]<ref name="pmid27594907" />
* Abdominal and pelvic [[Computed tomography|CT]]<ref name="pmid27594907" />
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|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Heart failure
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Heart failure
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Crackles]]
* [[Crackles]]
* [[Leg edema]]
* [[Leg edema]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Blood urea nitrogen|BUN]] and [[Serum creatinine|serum creatinin]] concentration to evaluate [[renal function]]  
* [[Blood urea nitrogen|BUN]] and [[Serum creatinine|serum creatinin]] concentration to evaluate [[renal function]]  
* [[Liver function tests]]
* [[Liver function tests]]
* Fasting [[lipid profile]]<ref name="pmid23741057">{{cite journal |vauthors=Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B, Butler J, Casey DE, Drazner MH, Fonarow GC, Geraci SA, Horwich T, Januzzi JL, Johnson MR, Kasper EK, Levy WC, Masoudi FA, McBride PE, McMurray JJ, Mitchell JE, Peterson PN, Riegel B, Sam F, Stevenson LW, Tang WH, Tsai EJ, Wilkoff BL |title=2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines |journal=Circulation |volume=128 |issue=16 |pages=1810–52 |date=October 2013 |pmid=23741057 |doi=10.1161/CIR.0b013e31829e8807 |url=}}</ref>
* Fasting [[lipid profile]]<ref name="pmid23741057">{{cite journal |vauthors=Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B, Butler J, Casey DE, Drazner MH, Fonarow GC, Geraci SA, Horwich T, Januzzi JL, Johnson MR, Kasper EK, Levy WC, Masoudi FA, McBride PE, McMurray JJ, Mitchell JE, Peterson PN, Riegel B, Sam F, Stevenson LW, Tang WH, Tsai EJ, Wilkoff BL |title=2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines |journal=Circulation |volume=128 |issue=16 |pages=1810–52 |date=October 2013 |pmid=23741057 |doi=10.1161/CIR.0b013e31829e8807 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not required
* Not required
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Pleural effusion]]
* [[Pleural effusion]]
* [[Pulmonary edema]]
* [[Pulmonary edema]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
** [[ST]] and [[T wave|T waves]] abnormalities in [[ECG]]
** [[ST]] and [[T wave|T waves]] abnormalities in [[ECG]]
** [[Oxygen saturation|SaO2]] <90%<ref name="pmid20937981">{{cite journal |vauthors=Weintraub NL, Collins SP, Pang PS, Levy PD, Anderson AS, Arslanian-Engoren C, Gibler WB, McCord JK, Parshall MB, Francis GS, Gheorghiade M |title=Acute heart failure syndromes: emergency department presentation, treatment, and disposition: current approaches and future aims: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association |journal=Circulation |volume=122 |issue=19 |pages=1975–96 |date=November 2010 |pmid=20937981 |doi=10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181f9a223 |url=}}</ref>
** [[Oxygen saturation|SaO2]] <90%<ref name="pmid20937981">{{cite journal |vauthors=Weintraub NL, Collins SP, Pang PS, Levy PD, Anderson AS, Arslanian-Engoren C, Gibler WB, McCord JK, Parshall MB, Francis GS, Gheorghiade M |title=Acute heart failure syndromes: emergency department presentation, treatment, and disposition: current approaches and future aims: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association |journal=Circulation |volume=122 |issue=19 |pages=1975–96 |date=November 2010 |pmid=20937981 |doi=10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181f9a223 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Clinical diagnosis (test are supportive)
* Clinical diagnosis (test are supportive)
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* High levels of [[Brain natriuretic peptide|BNP]] and pro-BNP<ref name="pmid15477431">{{cite journal |vauthors=Doust JA, Glasziou PP, Pietrzak E, Dobson AJ |title=A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of natriuretic peptides for heart failure |journal=Arch. Intern. Med. |volume=164 |issue=18 |pages=1978–84 |date=October 2004 |pmid=15477431 |doi=10.1001/archinte.164.18.1978 |url=}}</ref>
* High levels of [[Brain natriuretic peptide|BNP]] and pro-BNP<ref name="pmid15477431">{{cite journal |vauthors=Doust JA, Glasziou PP, Pietrzak E, Dobson AJ |title=A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of natriuretic peptides for heart failure |journal=Arch. Intern. Med. |volume=164 |issue=18 |pages=1978–84 |date=October 2004 |pmid=15477431 |doi=10.1001/archinte.164.18.1978 |url=}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH) <ref name="pmid17099078">{{cite journal |vauthors=Davies SJ, Gosney JR, Hansell DM, Wells AU, du Bois RM, Burke MM, Sheppard MN, Nicholson AG |title=Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: an under-recognised spectrum of disease |journal=Thorax |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=248–52 |date=March 2007 |pmid=17099078 |pmc=2117154 |doi=10.1136/thx.2006.063065 |url=}}</ref>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH) <ref name="pmid17099078">{{cite journal |vauthors=Davies SJ, Gosney JR, Hansell DM, Wells AU, du Bois RM, Burke MM, Sheppard MN, Nicholson AG |title=Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: an under-recognised spectrum of disease |journal=Thorax |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=248–52 |date=March 2007 |pmid=17099078 |pmc=2117154 |doi=10.1136/thx.2006.063065 |url=}}</ref>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Shortness of breath]]
* [[Shortness of breath]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specific  
* Not specific  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[FEV1/FVC ratio|FEV1/FVC]] <70%
* [[FEV1/FVC ratio|FEV1/FVC]] <70%
* Normal [[FVC]]
* Normal [[FVC]]
* Low levels of [[FEV1]]
* Low levels of [[FEV1]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Pulmonary [[Nodule (medicine)|nodules]]
* Pulmonary [[Nodule (medicine)|nodules]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Mosaic pattern and [[Nodule (medicine)|nodules]] observed in chest [[Computed tomography|CT]]
* Mosaic pattern and [[Nodule (medicine)|nodules]] observed in chest [[Computed tomography|CT]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Hyperplasia showed in  [[biopsy]]  
* Hyperplasia showed in  [[biopsy]]  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Single [[neuroendocrine cell]] and/ or linear proliferation of the cells that involves bronchial epithelium  
* Single [[neuroendocrine cell]] and/ or linear proliferation of the cells that involves bronchial epithelium  
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Crackles]]
* [[Crackles]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Hypoxemia]] in [[Arterial blood gas|arterial blood gases]]
* [[Hypoxemia]] in [[Arterial blood gas|arterial blood gases]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[PaO2]]/[[FiO2]] <300 mmHg
* [[PaO2]]/[[FiO2]] <300 mmHg
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Bilateral alveolar infiltration  
* Bilateral alveolar infiltration  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Bilateral opacities in [[Computed tomography|CT]]
* Bilateral opacities in [[Computed tomography|CT]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
According to Berlin definition:<ref name="pmid22797452">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ranieri VM, Rubenfeld GD, Thompson BT, Ferguson ND, Caldwell E, Fan E, Camporota L, Slutsky AS |title=Acute respiratory distress syndrome: the Berlin Definition |journal=JAMA |volume=307 |issue=23 |pages=2526–33 |date=June 2012 |pmid=22797452 |doi=10.1001/jama.2012.5669 |url=}}</ref>
According to Berlin definition:<ref name="pmid22797452">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ranieri VM, Rubenfeld GD, Thompson BT, Ferguson ND, Caldwell E, Fan E, Camporota L, Slutsky AS |title=Acute respiratory distress syndrome: the Berlin Definition |journal=JAMA |volume=307 |issue=23 |pages=2526–33 |date=June 2012 |pmid=22797452 |doi=10.1001/jama.2012.5669 |url=}}</ref>
* One week of new or worse respiratory symptoms or clinical insult
* One week of new or worse respiratory symptoms or clinical insult
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* Bilateral opacities in [[Chest X-ray|chest X-Ray]] or [[Computed tomography|CT]]
* Bilateral opacities in [[Chest X-ray|chest X-Ray]] or [[Computed tomography|CT]]
* Compromised [[oxygenation]]
* Compromised [[oxygenation]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* High altitute pulmonary edema ([[HAPE]])  
* High altitute pulmonary edema ([[HAPE]])  
* Neurogenic pulmonary edema
* Neurogenic pulmonary edema
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Parasitic infection with VLM (eg, Ascaris, Strongyloides, filaria)
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Parasitic infection with VLM (eg, Ascaris, Strongyloides, filaria)
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Rales]]
* [[Rales]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Leukocytosis]]
* [[Leukocytosis]]
* [[Eosinophilia]]
* [[Eosinophilia]]
* Toxocara antigens detected in ELISA
* Toxocara antigens detected in ELISA
* [[Hypergammaglobulinemia]]<ref name="pmid20149289">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rubinsky-Elefant G, Hirata CE, Yamamoto JH, Ferreira MU |title=Human toxocariasis: diagnosis, worldwide seroprevalences and clinical expression of the systemic and ocular forms |journal=Ann Trop Med Parasitol |volume=104 |issue=1 |pages=3–23 |date=January 2010 |pmid=20149289 |doi=10.1179/136485910X12607012373957 |url=}}</ref>
* [[Hypergammaglobulinemia]]<ref name="pmid20149289">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rubinsky-Elefant G, Hirata CE, Yamamoto JH, Ferreira MU |title=Human toxocariasis: diagnosis, worldwide seroprevalences and clinical expression of the systemic and ocular forms |journal=Ann Trop Med Parasitol |volume=104 |issue=1 |pages=3–23 |date=January 2010 |pmid=20149289 |doi=10.1179/136485910X12607012373957 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not specific
* Not specific
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Bilateral peribronchial infiltration  
* Bilateral peribronchial infiltration  
* Parenchymal infiltration  
* Parenchymal infiltration  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Subpleural nodules, ground-glass opacities observed in chest [[Computed tomography|CT]] <ref name="pmid16714661">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sakai S, Shida Y, Takahashi N, Yabuuchi H, Soeda H, Okafuji T, Hatakenaka M, Honda H |title=Pulmonary lesions associated with visceral larva migrans due to Ascaris suum or Toxocara canis: imaging of six cases |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=186 |issue=6 |pages=1697–702 |date=June 2006 |pmid=16714661 |doi=10.2214/AJR.04.1507 |url=}}</ref>  
* Subpleural nodules, ground-glass opacities observed in chest [[Computed tomography|CT]] <ref name="pmid16714661">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sakai S, Shida Y, Takahashi N, Yabuuchi H, Soeda H, Okafuji T, Hatakenaka M, Honda H |title=Pulmonary lesions associated with visceral larva migrans due to Ascaris suum or Toxocara canis: imaging of six cases |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=186 |issue=6 |pages=1697–702 |date=June 2006 |pmid=16714661 |doi=10.2214/AJR.04.1507 |url=}}</ref>  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Larve on biopsy  
* Larve on biopsy  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Eosinophilia]] detected in [[bronchoalveolar lavage]]  
* [[Eosinophilia]] detected in [[bronchoalveolar lavage]]  
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Pulmonary thromboembolism 
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Pulmonary thromboembolism 
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute, subacute, Chronic
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute, subacute, Chronic
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Tachypnea]]
* [[Tachypnea]]
* Decreased [[breath sounds]]
* Decreased [[breath sounds]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Leukocytosis]]
* [[Leukocytosis]]
* Elevated [[Erythrocyte sedimentation rate|erythrocyte sedimentation]] 
* Elevated [[Erythrocyte sedimentation rate|erythrocyte sedimentation]] 
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* [[D-dimer]] to rule out other diseases
* [[D-dimer]] to rule out other diseases
* [[Troponin]] [[Troponin I|I]] or [[Troponin T|T]]
* [[Troponin]] [[Troponin I|I]] or [[Troponin T|T]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Not required
* Not required
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Hamptom and Westermark sign in [[Chest X-ray|chest X-Ray]] <ref name="pmid18716087">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pipavath SN, Godwin JD |title=Acute pulmonary thromboembolism: a historical perspective |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=191 |issue=3 |pages=639–41 |date=September 2008 |pmid=18716087 |doi=10.2214/AJR.07.3989 |url=}}</ref>
* Hamptom and Westermark sign in [[Chest X-ray|chest X-Ray]] <ref name="pmid18716087">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pipavath SN, Godwin JD |title=Acute pulmonary thromboembolism: a historical perspective |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=191 |issue=3 |pages=639–41 |date=September 2008 |pmid=18716087 |doi=10.2214/AJR.07.3989 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram [[CT pulmonary angiogram|(CTPA)]] or catheter based [[pulmonary angiography]] <ref name="pmid17848685">{{cite journal |vauthors=Remy-Jardin M, Pistolesi M, Goodman LR, Gefter WB, Gottschalk A, Mayo JR, Sostman HD |title=Management of suspected acute pulmonary embolism in the era of CT angiography: a statement from the Fleischner Society |journal=Radiology |volume=245 |issue=2 |pages=315–29 |date=November 2007 |pmid=17848685 |doi=10.1148/radiol.2452070397 |url=}}</ref>
* Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram [[CT pulmonary angiogram|(CTPA)]] or catheter based [[pulmonary angiography]] <ref name="pmid17848685">{{cite journal |vauthors=Remy-Jardin M, Pistolesi M, Goodman LR, Gefter WB, Gottschalk A, Mayo JR, Sostman HD |title=Management of suspected acute pulmonary embolism in the era of CT angiography: a statement from the Fleischner Society |journal=Radiology |volume=245 |issue=2 |pages=315–29 |date=November 2007 |pmid=17848685 |doi=10.1148/radiol.2452070397 |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram [[CT pulmonary angiogram|(CTPA)]] or catheter based [[pulmonary angiography]] <ref name="pmid17848685" />
* Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram [[CT pulmonary angiogram|(CTPA)]] or catheter based [[pulmonary angiography]] <ref name="pmid17848685" />
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Most [[Embolic|emboli]] comes from [[iliac]], [[femoral]], and [[popliteal]] veins
* Most [[Embolic|emboli]] comes from [[iliac]], [[femoral]], and [[popliteal]] veins
|-
|-
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |Acute
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |✔
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="background:#DCDCDC;" align="center" + | -
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" align="center" + | -
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Tachypnea]]
* [[Tachypnea]]
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* No required  
* No required  
* [[Complete blood count]] to rule out other diseases  
* [[Complete blood count]] to rule out other diseases  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[FEV1/FVC ratio|FEV1/FVC]] <70% <ref name="pmid4028848" />
* [[FEV1/FVC ratio|FEV1/FVC]] <70% <ref name="pmid4028848" />
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Normal or hyperinflation  
* Normal or hyperinflation  
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* [[Computed tomography|CT]] to rule out other diseases
* [[Computed tomography|CT]] to rule out other diseases
|Clinical diagnosis:  
|Clinical diagnosis:  
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* Acute onset with sympotoms in 24h  
* Acute onset with sympotoms in 24h  
* Airway obstruction > 3 months<ref name="pmid4028848">{{cite journal |vauthors=Brooks SM, Weiss MA, Bernstein IL |title=Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS). Persistent asthma syndrome after high level irritant exposures |journal=Chest |volume=88 |issue=3 |pages=376–84 |date=September 1985 |pmid=4028848 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* Airway obstruction > 3 months<ref name="pmid4028848">{{cite journal |vauthors=Brooks SM, Weiss MA, Bernstein IL |title=Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS). Persistent asthma syndrome after high level irritant exposures |journal=Chest |volume=88 |issue=3 |pages=376–84 |date=September 1985 |pmid=4028848 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
|
| style="background:#F5F5F5;" + |
* Burning sensation in the throat  
* Burning sensation in the throat  
* [[Chest pain]]
* [[Chest pain]]

Revision as of 15:19, 27 February 2018

Etiology on the basis of anatomy Diseases Clinical manifestations Diagnosis Other features
Symptoms Physical exam Labs Pulmonary function testing Imaging
Onset Cough Dyspnea Fever Slurred speech Cyanosis Clubbing Auscultation 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 allergen

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
  • CT and color flow doppler to rule out other diseases[4]
Laryngeal stenosis[6] Acute, Chronic - -
  • Not specific
  • FV loop variable
  • Clear chest
Laryngocele Chronic - - - -
  • Not specific
  • Normal function
  • Clear chest
Epiglottitis (supraglottitis) Acute - - -
  • Normal function
  • Clear chest
  • Tripod posture
  • Drooling
  • Tenderness of the anterior part of the neck
Goiter Chronic - - - -
  • Airflow limitation of the volume loop depending on the size and localization[10]
Postnasal drip syndrome Acute - - - -
  • Increase of IgE
  • Positive intradermic test[13]
  • Clear chest
  • Sinus CT mat be helpful
  • Clinical diagnosis
Relapsing polychondritis Acute - - -
  • Variable flow volume loop
  • Tracheal narrowing
  • Cartilaginous calcification, bronchial wall thickness, and tracheal narrowing is observed on CT 
  • MRI can distinguish fibrosis from inflammation 

Mc Adam criteria:[15]

  • Involvement of cartilage of ears, ribs, nose, and eyes
Retropharyngeal abscess Subacute - - -
  • Normal function
  • Neck CT or presence of pus during the surgical procedure [17]
  • Pain with neck extension
  • Dysphagia
  • Head in sniffing position
Tonsillar hypertrophy Acute, chronic - - ✔ hyponasal speech - -
  • Not specific
  • Flow loop shows inspiratory slowing
  • Clear chest
  • Not required
  • More in children and adolescents
Tumor of pharynx/larynx/upper trachea Chronic - - - -
  • Not specific
  • Flow loop shows inspiratory slowing
  • Not required
  • CT provide information about the grade of invasion
  • MRI can make a difference between tumors in the mucosa or bone marrow[19]
Central airway diseases

(Intrathoracic upper airway obstruction)

Mediastinal mass/lymphadenopathy Chronic - - -
  • Size, location, and density of the mass can be observed
  • In chest CT . location, size, tissue characteristic, and relationship with other structures of the mass is observed
  • Information of posterior mediastinal mass can be provided in chest or spine MRI [21]
Respiratory papillomatosis Chronic - - -
  • Not specific
  • Not specific
Tracheobronchomalacia Chronic - - - -
  • Not specifc
  • Airway compression from other structures
Tracheal stenosis Acute - - - -
  • Not specific
  • FV loop variable
  • Extension of the narrowing observed in CT or MRI
  • Long segment stenosis incompatible with survival[26]
Tracheal and bronchial tumors Chronic - - - -
  • Not specific
  • FV loop variable
Vascular ring or aneurysm Chronic - - - -
  • Not required
  • Usually asymptomatic
  • Chest or abdominal pain appears when other structures are compressed
Lower airway obstruction Bronchiectasis Chronic - - -
  • Tram lines or end-on ring shadows in chest CT [30]
Bronchiolitis Acute - . For bacterial infection in neonates:
  • Hyperinflation
  • Mosaic attenuation
  • Increased bronchial wall[31]
  • Bronchoscopy to rule out other diseases
  • Clinical diagnosis
Carcinoid syndrome Chronic - - - - -
  • Not specific
  • Enlargement of the heart [33]
  • Liver metastases are visualized in MRI
Heart failure Chronic - - - -
  • Not required
  • Clinical diagnosis (test are supportive)
  • High levels of BNP and pro-BNP[36]
Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH) [37] Chronic - - - -
  • Not specific
  • Mosaic pattern and nodules observed in chest CT
  • Single neuroendocrine cell and/ or linear proliferation of the cells that involves bronchial epithelium
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema Acute - - -
  • Bilateral alveolar infiltration
  • Bilateral opacities in CT

According to Berlin definition:[38]

  • One week of new or worse respiratory symptoms or clinical insult
  • Symptoms can not be explain by cardiac disease
  • Bilateral opacities in chest X-Ray or CT
  • Compromised oxygenation
  • High altitute pulmonary edema (HAPE)
  • Neurogenic pulmonary edema
Parasitic infection with VLM (eg, Ascaris, Strongyloides, filaria) Acute - - -
  • Not specific
  • Bilateral peribronchial infiltration
  • Parenchymal infiltration
  • Subpleural nodules, ground-glass opacities observed in chest CT [40]
  • Larve on biopsy
Pulmonary thromboembolism  Acute, subacute, Chronic - - - -
  • Not required
Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome Acute - - - -
  • Normal or hyperinflation
  • CT to rule out other diseases
Clinical diagnosis:
  • History of exposure
  • Acute onset with sympotoms in 24h
  • Airway obstruction > 3 months[44]
  • Burning sensation in the throat
  • Chest pain
  • High dose of inhalation of the irritant

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