scholarly journals Inhaled corticosteroid use and its implication in peripheral eosinophil level

2020 ◽  
Vol 145 (2) ◽  
pp. AB28
Author(s):  
Priscila Franco ◽  
Grazielly Pereira ◽  
Pedro Giavina-Bianchi ◽  
Rosana Agondi
Keyword(s):  
Inhaled Corticosteroid ◽  
Peripheral Eosinophil

Pediatric Data Support Inhaled Corticosteroid

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
SHARON WORCESTER
Keyword(s):  
Inhaled Corticosteroid ◽  
Data Support

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis masquerading as asthma: case report

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-264
Author(s):  
Karim Mithani ◽  
Ying Meng ◽  
David Pinilla ◽  
Nova Thani ◽  
Kayee Tung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Function Tests ◽  
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis ◽  
Inhaled Corticosteroid ◽  
Treatment Resistant ◽  
Methacholine Challenge ◽  
Airway Reactivity ◽  
Cervical Osteophytes ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anterior Discectomy And Fusion ◽  
Asthma Case

A 52-year-old man with a 10-year history of treatment-resistant asthma presented with repeated exacerbations over the course of 10 months. His symptoms were not responsive to salbutamol or inhaled corticosteroid agents, and he developed avascular necrosis of his left hip as a result of prolonged steroid therapy. Physical examination and radiography revealed signs consistent with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), including a C7–T1 osteophyte causing severe tracheal compression. The patient underwent C6–T1 anterior discectomy and fusion, and the compressive osteophyte was removed, which completely resolved his “asthma.” Postoperative pulmonary function tests showed normalization of his FEV1/FVC ratio, and there was no airway reactivity on methacholine challenge. DISH is a systemic, noninflammatory condition characterized by ossification of spinal entheses, and it can present with respiratory disturbances due to airway compression by anterior cervical osteophytes. The authors present, to the best of their knowledge, the first documented case of asthma as a presentation of DISH.

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