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A Novel Presentation of the Acute Airway: Anti‐IgLON5 Disease
Author(s) -
Chen Jennifer,
Vasani Sarju
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.28911
Subject(s) - stridor , medicine , dysphagia , otorhinolaryngology , neurology , paresis , disease , airway , presentation (obstetrics) , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , surgery , psychiatry
Anti‐IgLON5 disease is a newly discovered novel sleep disorder at the crossroads of neurology and immunology. In addition to the underlying sleep disorder, anti‐IgLON5 manifests with progressive aerodigestive symptoms such as dysphagia, stridor, and vocal cord paresis in 90% cases and may present to the otolaryngologist. Herein we present a case of a patient with anti‐IgLON5 disease who presented to the hospital with an acute airway including marked stridor and respiratory failure requiring intubation and subsequently a tracheostomy. Laryngoscope , 131:E724–E726, 2021