Congenital Microstomia in a Neonate with Impending Respiratory Compromise

Microstomia is the term used to describe a reduction in the size of the oral aperture that is severe enough to compromise quality of life, nutrition, and cosmesis. Few cases of congenital microstomia have been reported as most microstomia cases are due to burn injuries. We are presenting a case of a...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Khoa N., Semenov, Igor, Blasiole, Brian, Robison, Jacob G., Chi, David H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25610661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/739463
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author Nguyen, Khoa N.
Semenov, Igor
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Robison, Jacob G.
Chi, David H.
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description Microstomia is the term used to describe a reduction in the size of the oral aperture that is severe enough to compromise quality of life, nutrition, and cosmesis. Few cases of congenital microstomia have been reported as most microstomia cases are due to burn injuries. We are presenting a case of a neonate who was found to be in respiratory distress with severe congenital microstomia from no known cause. This case illustrates the rarity of this type of pathologic anatomy as well as the teamwork and tools necessary to treat these patients.
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spelling pubmed-42954282015-01-21 Congenital Microstomia in a Neonate with Impending Respiratory Compromise Nguyen, Khoa N. Semenov, Igor Blasiole, Brian Robison, Jacob G. Chi, David H. Case Rep Anesthesiol Case Report Microstomia is the term used to describe a reduction in the size of the oral aperture that is severe enough to compromise quality of life, nutrition, and cosmesis. Few cases of congenital microstomia have been reported as most microstomia cases are due to burn injuries. We are presenting a case of a neonate who was found to be in respiratory distress with severe congenital microstomia from no known cause. This case illustrates the rarity of this type of pathologic anatomy as well as the teamwork and tools necessary to treat these patients. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4295428/ /pubmed/25610661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/739463 Text en Copyright © 2014 Khoa N. Nguyen 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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