Acute acromegalic dyspnea.
A case of acute "acromegalic dyspnea" due to vocal cord fixation and subglottic mucosal hypertrophy is reported. The patient was treated by intubation, tracheostomy, stereotactic implantation of radioisotopes 192Ir and 198Au via the transsphenoidal route.
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications*; D000208:Acute Disease; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged