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Nebulized racemic ephedrine in the treatment of acute exacerbations of laryngeal relapsing polychondritis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

R. J. Gaffney ,
M. Harrison  and
A. W. Blayney
R. J. Gaffney*
Affiliation:
Research Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology, Trinity College, Dublin and St James's Hospital, Dublin.
M. Harrison
Affiliation:
Histopathology Registrar, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.
A. W. Blayney
Affiliation:
Consultant Otolaryngologist, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin.
*
Mr Robert Gaffney, F.R.C.S.I., D.C.H., Department of Otolarynology, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8.
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Abstract

A case of relapsing polychondritis of the larynx and upper trachea is presented. We report the use of nebulized racemic ephedrine, as a new treatment modality of the life threatening airway oedema which characterizes acute exacerbations of this disease.

Keywords

Relapsing polychondritisLarynx
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 63 - 64
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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