Laryngeal Obstruction Caused by Lingual Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Presenting at Birth

Jacob Kuint; Zeev Horowitz; Chen Kugel; Leon Toper; Emanuel Birenbaum; Nehama Linder

doi:10.1055/s-2007-994159

American Journal of Perinatology, Table of Contents

Am J Perinatol 1997; 14(6): 353-356
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994159

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Laryngeal Obstruction Caused by Lingual Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Presenting at Birth

Jacob Kuint¹ , Zeev Horowitz² , Chen Kugel³ , Leon Toper¹ , Emanuel Birenbaum, Nehama Linder¹

¹Department of Neonatology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Tel-Aviv, Israel
²Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
³The Leopold Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Severe airway obstruction at birth due to lingual thyroglossal duct cyst (LTGDC) is described in two newborn infants, and the literature relating to thyroglossal duct cyst is presented.

Keywords

Thyroglossal duct cyst - obstruction - newborn

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