caa a22 4500 475786432 CHVBK 20180406123659.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/PL00013809 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/PL00013809 Vallecular cyst: an uncommon cause of stridor in newborn infants [Elektronische Daten] [W. -S. Hsieh, P. -H. Yang, K. -S. Wong, H. -Y. Li, E. C.-R. Wang, T. -F. Yeh] Vallecular cyst, a rare but generally benign lesion in the larynx, may cause stridor and even life-threatening airway obstruction in early infancy. We retrospectively studied 14 cases of newborn infants with vallecular cyst. There was no gender predilection and most cases were full-term and appropriate for gestational age. The clinical presentations included stridor, chest wall retraction, feeding difficulties and failure to thrive. Laryngomalacia was the most common associated anomaly. Flexible laryngoscopy was sufficient for diagnosing the vallecular cyst and larygmalacia. Maintenance of airway patency, nutritional support, and de-roofing of the cyst were the mainstays of management. Conclusion Vallecular cyst should be included in the differential diagnosis of stridor in newborn infants. Respiratory and feeding difficulties in these patients can be dramatically improved after appropriate surgical removal of the cyst. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Vallecular cyst nationallicence Neonate nationallicence Infant nationallicence Hsieh W. -S Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung University, No. 5, Fu-Hsing Street, Kwaishan, Taoyuan, 3333 Taiwan, Republic of China e-mail: hsiehws@ms16.hinet.net Tel.: +886-3-3281200, ext. 8503/8504; Fax: +886-3-3288957, TW aut Yang P. -H Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung University, No. 5, Fu-Hsing Street, Kwaishan, Taoyuan, 3333 Taiwan, Republic of China e-mail: hsiehws@ms16.hinet.net Tel.: +886-3-3281200, ext. 8503/8504; Fax: +886-3-3288957, TW aut Wong K. -S Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung University, No. 5, Fu-Hsing Street, Kwaishan, Taoyuan, 3333 Taiwan, Republic of China e-mail: hsiehws@ms16.hinet.net Tel.: +886-3-3281200, ext. 8503/8504; Fax: +886-3-3288957, TW aut Li H. -Y Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, TW aut Wang E. C.-R Department of Radiology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, TW aut Yeh T. -F Department of Paediatrics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, TW aut https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00013809 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00013809 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hsieh W. -S Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung University, No. 5, Fu-Hsing Street, Kwaishan, Taoyuan, 3333 Taiwan, Republic of China e-mail: hsiehws@ms16.hinet.net Tel.: +886-3-3281200, ext. 8503/8504; Fax: +886-3-3288957, TW aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang P. -H Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung University, No. 5, Fu-Hsing Street, Kwaishan, Taoyuan, 3333 Taiwan, Republic of China e-mail: hsiehws@ms16.hinet.net Tel.: +886-3-3281200, ext. 8503/8504; Fax: +886-3-3288957, TW aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wong K. -S Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung University, No. 5, Fu-Hsing Street, Kwaishan, Taoyuan, 3333 Taiwan, Republic of China e-mail: hsiehws@ms16.hinet.net Tel.: +886-3-3281200, ext. 8503/8504; Fax: +886-3-3288957, TW aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li H. -Y Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, TW aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang E. C.-R Department of Radiology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, TW aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yeh T. -F Department of Paediatrics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, TW aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer