Life-Threatening Respiratory Distress in a Total Laryngectomy Patient: Aspirated Voice Prosthesis or Lung Tumor?

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Ozgursoy S. K., Ozgursoy O., YÜKSEL C., DURSUN G.

TURKISH ARCHIVES OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, cilt.54, sa.3, ss.131-133, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 54 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/tao.2016.1592
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH ARCHIVES OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.131-133
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Laryngectomy, dyspnea, voice prosthesis, second primary cancer, lung, DELAYED DIAGNOSIS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Laryngectomy patients usually have poor pulmonary functions due to long-term smoking. Their lungs can easily be decompensated. Hence, meticulous evaluation and timely management of severe respiratory distress in laryngectomy patients can be life savers. Here we present an interesting case of a laryngectomy patient with two different clinical presentations of life-threatening respiratory distress at the same time (aspiration of voice prosthesis and a second primary lung cancer). Marked or persistent respiratory distress in a laryngectomy patient deserves thorough clinical evaluation and may require urgent intervention. We consider that the presentation and course of respiratory distress in our laryngectomy patient will provide an additional aspect for emergency room doctors and airway specialists dealing with such a patient.