title: Airway obstruction caused by rapid enlargement of cervical lymphangioma in a five-month-old boy.
abstract: Cervical lymphangioma can cause airway obstruction secondary to enlargement following infection. Physicians should be aware that the airway obstruction can progress rapidly when patients with cervical lymphangioma have respiratory symptoms. Sclerotherapy for lymphangioma can cause both transient swelling and airway obstruction; thus, prophylactic and elective tracheostomy should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Unit Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Shiga Japan.
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Shiga Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taga
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Unit Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Shiga Japan.
authors.forename: Takuma
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Shiga Japan.
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Shiga Japan.
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Shiga Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunitsu
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Unit Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Shiga Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsunobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamane
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Unit Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Shiga Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsujita
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Shiga Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Unit Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Shiga Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Eguchi
keywords: Airway obstruction; lymphangioma; sclerotherapy; tracheostomy