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Psychogenic stridor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. W. Skinner  and
P. J. Bradley
D. W. Skinner
Affiliation:
Nottingham
P. J. Bradley*
Affiliation:
Nottingham
*
Mr. P. J. Bradley, F.R.C.S., The Department of Otolaryngology, The University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
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Abstract

Obstruction of the laryngeal airway is a life threatening problem due normally to obstructive pathology within the upper aero-digestive tract. We describe four cases of laryngeal stridor (two adults and two children) of psychogenic origin, one of which required a tracheostomy. The literature is reviewed and the subsequent pattern of this disease documented on the basis of 28 patients previously described.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 4 , April 1989 , pp. 383 - 385
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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