The dilemma of a lateral pharyngeal mass causing stridor in a neonate.
Neonatal stridor resulting from intrinsic or extrinsic aberration in the upper respiratory tract often poses not only a diagnostic problem, but also a difficult airway and a dilemma as to the necessity / timing of surgical intervention. A 45 day old female child with increasing stridor since birth was managed by emergency intubation and CT scan followed by excision biopsy of the cystic left sided parapharyngeal mass via a transcervical approach. On histopathology, the excised specimen was reported as cystic salivary choristoma.
Department of ENT - Head and Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal - 576104, India.
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Anindya
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed