Congenital laryngeal cyst: a case report.
Congenital laryngeal cysts are a rare cause of stridor in the neonate. Nevertheless, delayed diagnosis and treatment can cause life-threatening airway obstruction. Even though the diagnosis is easily made by careful inspection, treatment results often in recurrence. These facts are illustrated by a case of a baby with a saccular cyst. Immediately after diagnosis and 5 days later the cyst was de-roofed using a CO2 laser via an endolaryngeal approach. Because of a second recurrence an excision of the cyst was performed via a lateral cervical approach.
Mariën
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ENT Department, General Hospital Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
Jespers
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Vidts
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Schmelzer
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D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012135:Respiratory Sounds