All that wheezes is not asthma.
Insidious upper airway obstruction may be misdiagnosed as asthma. This study illustrates such a case, highlighting the reason for confusion between asthma and upper airway obstruction and discussing investigations to differentiate between the two.
Scott
P M
PM
Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex.
Glover
G W
GW
D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed