Gill, Simran, Hariharan, Gopakumar, and Puvvadi, Ramaa (2022) An unusual presentation of stridor in an adolescent. Australian Journal of General Practice, 51 (6). pp. 416-417.

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Abstract

[Extract] A girl aged 11 years had multiple visits to the general practitioner and emergency department (ED) with unusual episodes of sudden-onset respiratory distress associated with stridor. Clinical examination at the time of presentation was unremarkable apart from stridor, and oxygen saturations were normal. Radiography of the chest, neck and soft tissues were unremarkable.

In view of the unusual presentation and parental concerns, extensive investigations were undertaken, all of which were within normal limits. Conditions causing stridor such as croup, extrinsic mediastinal compression and neurological conditions (seizures or Arnold–Chiari malformation) were excluded using detailed clinical evaluation, X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging. Given normal investigations, spontaneous resolution of stridor on sleep, varying and recurrent presentations, and the context of several psychological stressors, a provisional diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) was made.

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