title: Intermittent stridor and dyspnea in an adult.
abstract: We describe an adult patient who had stridor and dyspnea as initial symptoms of a thyroglossal duct cyst. Spirometry and noninvasive imaging techniques have been useful for diagnosis of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Allergology Department, Infanta Cristina University Hospital, Badajoz, Spain.
authors.forename: Remedios
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Calderón
authors.forename: M Angeles
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gonzalo-Garijo
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Albéndiz-Ruiz
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013147:Spirometry; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed