Congenital vallecular cyst causing severe inspiratory stridor in a newborn
Vallecular cyst is a rare but observed cause of neonatal stridor that can present with respiratory distress and feeding difficulties arising from upper airway obstruction. Stridor in neonates is usually congenital in nature and most often caused by laryngomalacia. We present a case of vallecular cys...
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| author | Eric Ma Krishna Revanna Gopagondanahalli Jenica Su-ern Yong Chua Mei Chien Suresh Chandran |
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| description | Vallecular cyst is a rare but observed cause of neonatal stridor that can present with respiratory distress and feeding difficulties arising from upper airway obstruction. Stridor in neonates is usually congenital in nature and most often caused by laryngomalacia. We present a case of vallecular cyst in a term newborn infant with persistent inspiratory stridor that was diagnosed by direct laryngoscopy and underwent successful treatment by marsupialization with complete resolution of the stridor. This case highlights the importance of a thorough interdisciplinary evaluation of persistent neonatal stridor paving the way to early diagnosis and intervention to avoid critical airway obstruction and potentially fatal outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb1b54acaa1a420699881125ce0dda512022-12-22T00:17:01ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662020-08-0159101460Congenital vallecular cyst causing severe inspiratory stridor in a newbornEric Ma0Krishna Revanna Gopagondanahalli1Jenica Su-ern Yong2Chua Mei Chien3Suresh Chandran4Department of Neonatology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, SingaporeDepartment of Neonatology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, SingaporeDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, SingaporeDepartment of Neonatology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Duke NUS Medical School, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Lee Kong Chian Imperial School of Medicine, SingaporeDepartment of Neonatology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Duke NUS Medical School, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Lee Kong Chian Imperial School of Medicine, Singapore; Corresponding author. Department of Neonatology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, 229899, Singapore.Vallecular cyst is a rare but observed cause of neonatal stridor that can present with respiratory distress and feeding difficulties arising from upper airway obstruction. Stridor in neonates is usually congenital in nature and most often caused by laryngomalacia. We present a case of vallecular cyst in a term newborn infant with persistent inspiratory stridor that was diagnosed by direct laryngoscopy and underwent successful treatment by marsupialization with complete resolution of the stridor. This case highlights the importance of a thorough interdisciplinary evaluation of persistent neonatal stridor paving the way to early diagnosis and intervention to avoid critical airway obstruction and potentially fatal outcomes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576620300944Vallecular cystStridorCoblationMarsupialization |
| spellingShingle | Eric Ma Krishna Revanna Gopagondanahalli Jenica Su-ern Yong Chua Mei Chien Suresh Chandran Congenital vallecular cyst causing severe inspiratory stridor in a newborn Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports Vallecular cyst Stridor Coblation Marsupialization |
| title | Congenital vallecular cyst causing severe inspiratory stridor in a newborn |
| title_full | Congenital vallecular cyst causing severe inspiratory stridor in a newborn |
| title_fullStr | Congenital vallecular cyst causing severe inspiratory stridor in a newborn |
| title_full_unstemmed | Congenital vallecular cyst causing severe inspiratory stridor in a newborn |
| title_short | Congenital vallecular cyst causing severe inspiratory stridor in a newborn |
| title_sort | congenital vallecular cyst causing severe inspiratory stridor in a newborn |
| topic | Vallecular cyst Stridor Coblation Marsupialization |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576620300944 |
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