Case report: lingual thyroid, a cause of neonatal stridor.
Stridor implies partial airway obstruction, resulting from intrinsic or extrinsic abnormalities of the upper respiratory tract. In a neonate whose airway is small, soft and easily occluded this may be potentially life threatening. Its immediate diagnosis with prompt therapy is a rewarding challenge. When stridor occurs in a neonate with congenital hypothyroidism, surgically amenable cause of obstruction due to an ectopic thyroid or thyroglossal cyst has to be seriously considered. We report a case of neonatal stridor caused by a lingual thyroid, and discuss the imaging approach.
Chan
F L
FL
Diagnostic Radiology Division, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.
Low
L C
LC
Yeung
H W
HW
Saing
H
H
D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities