SEVERE UPPER AIRWAY-OBSTRUCTION IN ESSENTIAL TREMOR PRESENTING AS ASTHMA

Authors
IZQUIERDOALONSO JL MARTINEZMARTIN P JURETSCHKEMORAGUES MA SERRANOIGLESIAS JA
Citation
Jl. Izquierdoalonso et al., SEVERE UPPER AIRWAY-OBSTRUCTION IN ESSENTIAL TREMOR PRESENTING AS ASTHMA, The European respiratory journal, 7(6), 1994, pp. 1182-1184
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
The European respiratory journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
09031936
Volume
7
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1182 - 1184
Database
ISI
SICI code
0903-1936(1994)7:6<1182:SUAIET>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A 57 year old man with essential tremor (ET) presented with a 2 year h istory of paroxysmal attacks of dyspnoea and wheezing. He had been dia gnosed as having bronchial asthma, and propanolol was excluded from hi s treatment. Flow-volume loops showed abrupt changes in maximum flows, with poor reproducibility. A diagnosis of functional upper airway obs truction was confirmed by fibreoptic bronchoscopy. The importance of e stablishing the precise diagnosis, in order to provide appropriate tre atment, is emphasized.