Neonatal stridor and laryngeal cyst: Which comes first?. Issue 1 (19th January 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Neonatal stridor and laryngeal cyst: Which comes first?. Issue 1 (19th January 2017)
- Main Title:
- Neonatal stridor and laryngeal cyst: Which comes first?
- Authors:
- Marseglia, Lucia
D'Angelo, Gabriella
Impellizzeri, Pietro
Salvo, Vincenzo
Catalano, Natalia
Bruno, Rocco
Galletti, Claudio
Galletti, Bruno
Galletti, Francesco
Gitto, Eloisa - Abstract:
- Abstract : Neonatal stridor is a rare condition usually caused by laryngomalacia. Congenital laryngeal cyst represents an uncommon cause of stridor in the neonatal population and may be misinterpreted as laryngomalacia, leading to serious morbidity and mortality if diagnosis and treatment are delayed. Herein we report the case of a full‐term infant with stridor, feeding problems and failure to thrive. Initially, direct laryngoscopy diagnosed only laryngomalacia. As stridor worsened, however, and respiratory distress appeared, repeat laryngoscopy showed vallecular laryngeal cyst, visible macroscopically. The patient was successfully treated with endoscopic marsupialization. There was no evidence of recurrence at follow up after 3 months. This case highlights the importance of laryngoscopic assessment for suspected laryngeal abnormalities in infants with stridor. If symptoms worsen, endoscopy should be repeated, because congenital laryngeal cysts may not be immediately visible macroscopically.
- Is Part Of:
- Pediatrics international. Volume 59:Issue 1(2017)
- Journal:
- Pediatrics international
- Issue:
- Volume 59:Issue 1(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 59, Issue 1 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 59
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0059-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 115
- Page End:
- 117
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01-19
- Subjects:
- congenital laryngeal cyst -- laryngomalacia -- newborn -- stridor -- vallecular cyst
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/ped.13192 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1328-8067
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