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ArticleCase reports in medicine2025

Refractory and Relapsing Laryngeal Edema Possibly Associated With Chronic Tonsillitis and Mycoplasma Infection, Requiring Reintubation and Tracheostomy.

Yutaka Tsukamoto, Takashi Sugimoto, Masataka Umeda, Yuki Furuse, Haruo Yoshida, Yuka Nagae, Yasuo Ohsato, Yukitaka Ueki, Maeda Takahiro, Koya Ariyoshi

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Yutaka TsukamotoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5121-3124
Takashi SugimotoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
Masataka UmedaDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Yuki FuruseMedical Education Development Center, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
Haruo YoshidaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, NHO Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan.
Yuka NagaeDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan.
Yasuo OhsatoDepartment of Otolaryngology, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan.
Yukitaka UekiRheumatic and Collagen Disease Center, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan.
Maeda TakahiroDepartment of General Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Koya AriyoshiDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.

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Abstract

Relapsing epiglottitis has rarely been reported, and its etiology is not well established. A 44-year-old previously healthy Japanese man presented with a quickly progressing choking sensation. He had been experiencing refractory and relapsing laryngeal edema and probably acute epiglottitis (three episodes within 2 weeks), with rash and elevated pancreatic amylase. The patient required immediate intubation. After the initial extubation, he required reintubation and a subsequent tracheostomy. Antibiotics, glucocorticoid, and antihistamines were administered, and he finally recovered with the tracheostomy's closure. Potential causes of this patient's relapsing epiglottitis are as follows: persistent right swollen tonsil; a positive result on a Mycoplasma pneumoniae antigen test and a particle agglutination (PA) test, implicating chronic tonsillitis; and/or Mycoplasma infection. This is the first case report of refractory and relapsing epiglottitis requiring reintubation possibly concurrent with chronic tonsillitis and Mycoplasma infection.

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chronic tonsillitislaryngeal edemaMycoplasmarelapsing epiglottitis

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PMID39801600
PMCPMC11724724

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