[Sore throat in rheumatoid arthritis: 2 patients with cricoarytenoid arthritis].
In two patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis, a woman aged 65 and a man aged 56 years, cricoarytenoid arthritis was diagnosed. The symptoms were hoarseness, sore throat and stridor. In both patients a narrowed glottic fissure was found. In one patient tracheostomy was necessary to guarantee a free airway; in the other, therapy with local corticosteroid injections (triamcinolone), combined with immunosuppressive therapy (prednisone), was effective. Early detection through anamnesis and laryngoscopy allows early therapy with a good prognosis.
Jol
J A
JA
Ziekenhuis De Heel, afd. Chirurgie, Zaandam.
van Deelen
G W
GW
Dinant
H J
HJ
D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology