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Taylor SC, Clayburgh DR, Rosenbaum JT, Schindler JS. Clinical manifestations and

treatment of idiopathic and Wegener granulomatosis-associated subglottic stenosis.

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

. 2013; 139(1):76-81. EBM level 4...............179-184

Summary:

This article compares the clinical presentation, treatments, and outcomes in patients

with subglottic stenosis (SGS) due to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, previously Wegener

granulomatosis) versus idiopathic SGS. Although retrospective, this article has some interesting

comparisons between the groups after similar treatment. For example, following open airway

reconstruction, no idiopathic SGS patients required subsequent endoscopic dilations, while all

GPA-SGS patients required subsequent interventions and had a higher rate of tracheotomy.