Laryngomalacia Presenting as Recurrent Croup in an Infant

Laryngomalacia is a common disease of infancy which can present with atypical symptoms and at an atypical age, causing the diagnosis to often be overlooked. We report a case of a male patient who was diagnosed with laryngomalacia at the age of three months. The patient's inspiratory stridor res...

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Autores principales: Elbuluk, Osama, Shiba, Travis, Shapiro, Nina L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3568870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23424697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/649203
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description Laryngomalacia is a common disease of infancy which can present with atypical symptoms and at an atypical age, causing the diagnosis to often be overlooked. We report a case of a male patient who was diagnosed with laryngomalacia at the age of three months. The patient's inspiratory stridor resolved within a year, but he went on to develop atypical croup. The patient was later diagnosed with severe laryngomalacia which complicated his “croup-like” symptoms. He subsequently underwent supraglottoplasty with complete resolution of symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-35688702013-02-19 Laryngomalacia Presenting as Recurrent Croup in an Infant Elbuluk, Osama Shiba, Travis Shapiro, Nina L. Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Laryngomalacia is a common disease of infancy which can present with atypical symptoms and at an atypical age, causing the diagnosis to often be overlooked. We report a case of a male patient who was diagnosed with laryngomalacia at the age of three months. The patient's inspiratory stridor resolved within a year, but he went on to develop atypical croup. The patient was later diagnosed with severe laryngomalacia which complicated his “croup-like” symptoms. He subsequently underwent supraglottoplasty with complete resolution of symptoms. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3568870/ /pubmed/23424697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/649203 Text en Copyright © 2013 Osama Elbuluk et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Laryngomalacia Presenting as Recurrent Croup in an Infant
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title_fullStr Laryngomalacia Presenting as Recurrent Croup in an Infant
title_full_unstemmed Laryngomalacia Presenting as Recurrent Croup in an Infant
title_short Laryngomalacia Presenting as Recurrent Croup in an Infant
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