title: Epiglottic cyst causing dysphagia and impending airway obstruction.
abstract: Laryngeal cysts are relatively rare benign lesions of the larynx. Congenital cysts can cause neonatal respiratory distress and death, but airway obstruction due to acquired cysts in adults is rare. We present a case report of 51-year-old male with dysphagia who was found to have a mobile pedunculated epiglottic cyst that intermittently caused partial obstruction of the laryngeal inlet. Patient was taken to operating room and following transoral fiberoptic intubation, endoscopic excision of this cyst was accomplished. Patient's postoperative course was uneventful.
authors: Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors: Alissa M
authors: AM
authors: Collins
authors: Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors: Nikita
authors: N
authors: Chapurin
authors: Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: walter.lee@dm.duke.edu.
authors: Walter T
authors: WT
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004825:Epiglottis; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged