title: An unusual cause of dyspnea in a pregnant woman: supraglottic hemangioma.
abstract: Dyspnea is a common complaint among pregnant women; upper airway obstruction is a rare cause of it. We report a case of supraglottic hemangioma in a 20-year-old pregnant woman who presented with increasing dyspnea and hoarseness at 40 weeks of gestation. She gave birth to a healthy 3,100-g girl by caesarean delivery under epidural anesthesia. She was able to breathe easily during the postpartum period. This case represents a rare instance of dyspnea caused by a supraglottic hemangioma in a pregnant woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gazi University School of Medicine, 06500 Ankara, Turkey. mkurdoglu@gazi.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Zehra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kurdoglu
authors.forename: Mertihan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurdoglu
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cankaya
mesh_terms: D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult