title: Neonatal airway obstruction in bilateral congenital dacryocystocoele: Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Bilateral nasal obstruction due to simultaneous bilateral dacrocystocoeles is a rare and potentially life threatening condition. We present a five day old girl with this condition who presented with respiratory distress without any eye signs or symptoms associated with dacryocystocoeles. She was successfully managed with surgery and the clinical and radiological features of this condition are presented here with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngoloy, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: Taryyin15@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tary
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Otolaryngoloy, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van der Meer
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019152:Paracentesis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Airway; Cyst; Dacryocystocoele; Intranasal; Nasal; Obstruction; Pediatric