Exposure to cotton or grain dust causes an obstructive bronchitis in certain subjects, mechanisms of which are poorly understood.
For example, if it requires a larger volume within a hollow viscus in an elderly patient before pain is experienced as compared to younger subjects, then the discomfort caused by an obstructive lesion in the bowel, for example, may take longer to become symptomatic in older patients, with all the consequences for the treatment and prognosis of the causative lesion.
Because previous surgery is a risk factor for adhesions that might cause mechanical obstruction, a following obstructive episode is difficult to interpret.
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) often manifests as a mass lesion causing obstructive jaundice, clinically mimicking pancreatic carcinoma.
Obstructive jaundice causes a high rate of morbidity and mortality in the human clinical field [ 17].
[ 12, 13] Interestingly, subjects who snore are more likely to report a cough supporting the mechanism of airway injury causing cough in obstructive sleep apnoea.
Objective: To introduce a new technique, "intracapsular" tonsillectomy for the management of tonsillar hypertrophy causing obstructive sleep disordered breathing in children.
Genta PR, Sands SA, Butler JP, Loring SH, Katz ES, Demko BG, Kezirian EJ, White DP, Wellman A. Airflow shape is associated with the pharyngeal structure causing obstructive sleep apnea.
The body's own immune system can overreact to damage, causing obstructive inflammation.
Stricturoplasties may also be performed in short (< 3 cm) fibrotic strictures causing obstructive symptoms.
