title: Congenital laryngeal saccular cyst: report of a case in an infant.
abstract: Respiratory obstruction and stridor in infants and children are not uncommon. A rare cause of these life-threatening symptoms is congenital saccular cyst. An accurate diagnosis of saccular cyst can be made by eliciting a good history, by endoscopic visualization of the lesion, and by computed tomography. Endoscopic excision is the preferred treatment for infants, whereas an external approach is reserved for older children. It can be difficult for anesthetists to intubate infants when the anatomy of the larynx is distorted, but the choice of tracheotomy for an infant has many drawbacks as well. We discuss the clinical presentation and management of a 3-month-old boy who was brought to us with a congenital laryngeal saccular cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India. kishorecprasad@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kishore Chandra
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Ramakrishna Kadri
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Ranjan
authors.forename: Salil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Sampath Chandra
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Jayalaxmi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhat
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome