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Dysphagia Caused by Chronic Laryngeal Edema

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A rare case of a young female with chronic diffuse laryngeal edema causing severe swallowing difficulty is presented. The patient was previously treated with antibiotics and steroids with no improvement. Diagnosis was made with biopsy of the epiglottis under local anesthesia in the office.

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  1. 2nd Otolaryngology Department, University of Athens Medical School, “Attikon” University Hospital, 1 Rimini St., Chaidari, 124 62, Athens, Greece

    Alexander Delides MD, PhD, George Sakagiannis MD, Pavlos Maragoudakis MD, PhD & Ioannis Giotakis MD, PhD

  2. 2nd Department of Pathology, University of Athens Medical School, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Αlina-Roxani Gouloumi MD & John G. Panayiotides MD, PhD

  3. Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Fourth Internal Medicine Department, University of Athens Medical School, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Pelagia Katsimbri MD, PhD

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Delides, A., Sakagiannis, G., Maragoudakis, P. et al. Dysphagia Caused by Chronic Laryngeal Edema. Dysphagia 30, 583–585 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-015-9636-z

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