Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst

Fatih Günay; Nisa Eda Çullas İlarslan; Serhan Özcan; Tanıl Kendirli; Alican Akaslan; Süha Beton; Fatma Nazan Çobanoğlu

doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2019.25743

Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst

Abstract

Congenital vallecular cyst (VC) is a rare but potentially fatal pathology in neonates and infants. It usually manifests with symptoms such as stridor, apnea and cyanosis that develop shortly after birth. Stridor is the most common encountered symptom. VC is frequently accompanied by laryngomalacia (LM) and LM is the most common cause of stridor in infants. Diagnosis can be made by flexible laryngoscopy or bronchoscopy. Surgery is the mainstay for VC treatment. Here we present an infant who had respiratory distress, biphasic stridor and cyanosis worsened during feeding and crying, and diagnosed VC. The respiratory symptoms of the patient recovered rapidly after surgical resection.

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Ethical Statement

Informed Consent: Informed consent was obtained from patient’s parent Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed. Authorship Contributions Concept: N.Ç., T.K., Design: N.Ç., F.G., N.E.Ç.İ., Data Collection or Processing: F.G., N.E.Ç.İ., A.A., S.Ö., Analysis or Interpretation: N.Ç., S.B., T.K., F.G., Literature Search: N.Ç., F.G., N.E.Ç.İ., Writing: N.Ç., F.G., T.K., N.E.Ç.İ., S.Ö., A.A., S.B. Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors. Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study received no financial support.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Paediatrics (Other)

Journal Section

Case Report

Authors

Fatih Günay ^*
0000-0003-2051-8176
Türkiye

Nisa Eda Çullas İlarslan
0000-0002-6365-8059
Türkiye

Serhan Özcan
0000-0003-4465-6063
Türkiye

Tanıl Kendirli
0000-0001-9458-2803
Türkiye

Alican Akaslan This is me
0000-0003-3783-2532
Türkiye

Süha Beton
0000-0001-8195-4380
Türkiye

Fatma Nazan Çobanoğlu
0000-0002-3686-2927
Türkiye

Publication Date

October 23, 2020

Submission Date

June 21, 2019

Acceptance Date

August 14, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 72 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2019.25743

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA69WK96WT

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Günay, F., Çullas İlarslan, N. E., Özcan, S., Kendirli, T., Akaslan, A., Beton, S., & Çobanoğlu, F. N. (2020). Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, 72(3), 367-369. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2019.25743

AMA

1.Günay F, Çullas İlarslan NE, Özcan S, et al. Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2020;72(3):367-369. doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2019.25743

Chicago

Günay, Fatih, Nisa Eda Çullas İlarslan, Serhan Özcan, et al. 2020. “Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 72 (3): 367-69. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2019.25743.

EndNote

Günay F, Çullas İlarslan NE, Özcan S, Kendirli T, Akaslan A, Beton S, Çobanoğlu FN (October 1, 2020) Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 72 3 367–369.

IEEE

[1]F. Günay et al., “Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst”, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 367–369, Oct. 2020, doi: 10.4274/atfm.galenos.2019.25743.

ISNAD

Günay, Fatih - Çullas İlarslan, Nisa Eda - Özcan, Serhan - Kendirli, Tanıl - Akaslan, Alican - Beton, Süha - Çobanoğlu, Fatma Nazan. “Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 72/3 (October 1, 2020): 367-369. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2019.25743.

JAMA

1.Günay F, Çullas İlarslan NE, Özcan S, Kendirli T, Akaslan A, Beton S, Çobanoğlu FN. Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2020;72:367–369.

MLA

Günay, Fatih, et al. “Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 72, no. 3, Oct. 2020, pp. 367-9, doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2019.25743.

Vancouver

1.Fatih Günay, Nisa Eda Çullas İlarslan, Serhan Özcan, Tanıl Kendirli, Alican Akaslan, Süha Beton, Fatma Nazan Çobanoğlu. Biphasic Stridor Related to a Congenital Vallecular Cyst. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2020 Oct. 1;72(3):367-9. doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2019.25743