%0 Journal Article
%T Unusual Cause of Stridor in an Adult Man, Selective Immunoglobulin A Deficiency
%A Safwat A. M. Eldaboosy
%A Amgad Awad
%A Ayman Ghoneim
%J Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases
%P 76-83
%@ 2163-9418
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojrd.2021.112007
%X The common causes of stridor
in adults are abscesses or swelling of the upper airway, tumors, paralysis, or
malfunction of vocal cords. Tracheitis </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">due</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> to immunoglobulin deficiency may be a rare
explanation for stridor in adults, although occasionally reported in children.
We report an adult man having </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">stridor
secondary to isolated immunoglobulin A deficiency. We did a</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">n in-depth
review of the literature to seek out no reported cases of stridor thanks to
immunoglobulin deficiency in adults. This case underlines the very fact that a
standard symptom like stridor rarely occurs thanks to uncommon causes. This
case is exclusive because it reports the presence of stridor associated with
isolated immunoglobulin A deficiency in an adult patient. The explanation for the
stridor was an intraluminal narrowing of the upper part of the extrathoracic
trachea.
%K Stridor
%K Tracheitis
%K Immunoglobulin A Deficiency
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=109525