Congenital Vallecular Cyst Causing Airway Compromise in a 2-Month-Old Girl

Congenital vallecular cyst is a rare entity and may present with acute airway obstruction. This is a case of congenital vallecular cyst presenting with airway compromise requiring immediate management. The epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical presentation of vallecular cysts are discussed as wel...

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Autor principal: AlAbdulla, Amal Faisal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4512577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26240568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/975859
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spelling pubmed-45125772015-08-03 Congenital Vallecular Cyst Causing Airway Compromise in a 2-Month-Old Girl AlAbdulla, Amal Faisal Case Rep Med Case Report Congenital vallecular cyst is a rare entity and may present with acute airway obstruction. This is a case of congenital vallecular cyst presenting with airway compromise requiring immediate management. The epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical presentation of vallecular cysts are discussed as well as the diagnosis and management. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4512577/ /pubmed/26240568 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/975859 Text en Copyright © 2015 Amal Faisal AlAbdulla. 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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Congenital Vallecular Cyst Causing Airway Compromise in a 2-Month-Old Girl
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title_full Congenital Vallecular Cyst Causing Airway Compromise in a 2-Month-Old Girl
title_fullStr Congenital Vallecular Cyst Causing Airway Compromise in a 2-Month-Old Girl
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Vallecular Cyst Causing Airway Compromise in a 2-Month-Old Girl
title_short Congenital Vallecular Cyst Causing Airway Compromise in a 2-Month-Old Girl
title_sort congenital vallecular cyst causing airway compromise in a 2-month-old girl
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4512577/
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