@Article{Wiatr2009,
journal="Postępy w chirurgii głowy i\ szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery",
issn="1643-9279",
volume="8",
number="2",
year="2009",
title="Subglottis stenosis in Wegener\’s granulomatosis",
abstract="Wegener\’s granulomatosis (WG) is a multisystem autoimmune vasculitis of small to medium sized blood vessels. Etiology is unknown. Nectrotising granulomatous vasculitis with destruction of the walls and narrowing of the vessel lumen leads to disturbanses of appropriate organs function. Clasical WG includes symptoms of upper and lower respiratory tract and kidneys, but WG can affect any organ. In about 16-20% of patients subglottic stenosis (SGS) due to granulomatous inflammation and scarring occurs. Symptoms of SGS (dyspnea, voice change and cough) without other symptoms make difficulties with diagnosis. Laryngoscopy or bronchoscopy with biopsy of tracheal lesion allows to establish proper diagnosis. SGS can be poorly responsive to systemic therapy. Method introduced by Langford et al. to therapy-intratracheal dilatation and local injection of corticosteroids proved to be an effective treatment of SGS.",
author="Wiatr, Elżbieta",
pages="19--22",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Subglottis-stenosis-in-Wegener-8217-s-granulomatosis,11,13483,1,1.html"
}