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  • Title: Saccular cyst in an infant: an unusual cause of life-threatening stridor and its surgical treatment.
    Author: Tosun F, Söken H, Ozkaptan Y.
    Journal: Turk J Pediatr; 2006; 48(2):178-80. PubMed ID: 16848124.
    Abstract:
    Saccular cysts in infants are rare lesions of the larynx and may result in respiratory obstruction and severe dyspnea. Herein we present a case of saccular cyst in a three-month-old infant. She was presented with severe stridor and respiratory distress. She had been followed with the diagnosis of tracheomalacia for three months elsewhere. Direct laryngoscopy of the larynx revealed a saccular cyst. Stridor disappeared shortly after surgical excision of the supraglottic saccular cyst under direct laryngoscopy. No complication or recurrence was seen in the 12-month follow-up period. Saccular cysts in infants are rare lesions and should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of stridor in infants.
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