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How would you approach the workup and management of isolated inflammatory subglottic stenosis in a young previously healthy patient that is steroid responsive with a completely negative serologic autoimmune workup?

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Rheumatology · Massachusetts General Hospital

This is a relatively unusual situation in that idiopathic subglottic stenosis is typically not managed with systemic immunosuppression. The typical therapies are endoscopic and include dilatation (+/- intralesional corticosteroids), endoscopic resection, and cricotracheal resection. A recent large t...

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