title: Congenital laryngomucocele: a rare cause of airway obstruction in a newborn.
abstract: Congenital laryngoceles are defined as cystic dilatation of laryngeal saccules and are an extremely rare cause of newborn respiratory distress. A laryngomucocele occurs when the neck of the laryngocele gets obstructed and fills with the mucoid secretions of the saccule. It may cause stridor, respiratory distress, and severe airway obstruction in the narrow airway of a newborn and necessitates urgent surgical intervention. There is only 1 case of congenital laryngomucocele reported in an autopsy examination in the English literature, and here we report the first living congenital laryngomucocele case and discuss the clinical approach.
authors.affiliation: *Departments of Pediatric Surgery †Otorhinolaryngology ‡Pathology, School of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taskinlar
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vayisoglu
authors.forename: Dincer
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Avlan
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nayci
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D059608:Laryngocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*