Congenital laryngeal cyst presenting with severe respiratory distress in a newborn

Abstract

In the newborn, congenital laryngeal cysts can cause life-threatening respiratory distress. Mortality can be prevented by early diagnosis. Therefore, a congenital laryngeal cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an infant who develops respiratory distress and stridor. Flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscop is a valuable tool in diagnosis. The treatment of the cyst is total surgical excision. This article reviews the literature and presents a case of congenital laryngeal cyst that caused respiratory distress at birth and was treated surgically.

Keywords

• Larynx, cyst, congenital, newborn, stridor

Yenidoğan bebekte ciddi solunum sıkıntısı ile kendini gösteren konjenital larinks kisti

Abstract

Konjenital larinks kistleri yenidoğanda hayatı tehdit edebilecek solunum sıkıntısına neden olabilmektedir. Erken teşhis ile mortalite engellenebilir. Bu nedenle solunum sıkıntısı ve stridor şikayeti olan bir bebekte konjenital larinks kisti ayırıcı tanıda düşünülmelidir. Esnek nazofaringolaringoskop çok değerli bir tanı aracıdır. Tedavisi kistin total cerrahi eksizyonudur. Bu yazıda; doğumdan itibaren solunum sıkıntısı oluşturan ve cerrahi olarak tedavi edilen konjenital larinks kisti olgusu literatür eşliğinde tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

• larinks, kist, konjenital, yenidoğan, stridor

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