[Not all wheezing is asthma. Case report].
A fifty six year old woman with history of asthma visited a respiratory specialist. She had been diagnosed with asthma more than a year previously in a primary care clinic. She was treated with inhaled medications without good response. A respiratory specialist diagnosed tracheal narrowing secondary to thyroid enlargement that was pushing the trachea together. She was cured with a thyroid operation. Discussed are differential diagnosis of asthma and causes of airway narrowing and the importance of spirometry in diagnosing asthma.


BACKGROUND
case report, asthma, airway narrowing, spirometry.
Pórarinsson
Björn Logi
BL
Jónasson
Lárus
L
Jónsdóttir
Birna
B
Guethmundsson
Gunnar
G
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D013147:Spirometry