title: Acute airway obstruction in children with benign head and neck tumours. Case reports.
abstract: Infants presenting with acute airway obstruction secondary to cystic hygroma and neurofibroma are presented. Early surgical correction of large benign tumours of the head and neck is recommended to prevent life-threatening complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Surgery, Medical University of Southern Africa, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Fidos
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant