Dockery K M, Sismanis A, Abedi E
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298.
South Med J. 1991 Jan;84(1):95-6. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199101000-00021.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a destructive systemic disorder characterized by remissions and exacerbations. The larynx is involved in approximately 25% of these patients. The importance of early detection of laryngeal involvement by this disease and treatment with corticosteroids has not been adequately addressed in the literature. We have described five patients who had early diagnosis and successful treatment with systemic corticosteroids and/or corticosteroid injection of the cricoarytenoid joint.
类风湿性关节炎是一种具有缓解期和加重期特征的破坏性全身性疾病。约25%的此类患者会累及喉部。关于该疾病早期检测喉部受累情况以及使用皮质类固醇进行治疗的重要性,文献中尚未得到充分探讨。我们描述了5例早期诊断并通过全身性皮质类固醇和/或环杓关节皮质类固醇注射成功治疗的患者。