Congenital vallecular cyst causing severe inspiratory stridor in a newborn

• Main Authors: Eric Ma (Author), Krishna Revanna Gopagondanahalli (Author), Jenica Su-ern Yong (Author), Chua Mei Chien (Author), Suresh Chandran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vallecular cyst is a rare but observed cause of neonatal stridor that can present with respiratory distress and feeding difficulties arising from upper airway obstruction. Stridor in neonates is usually congenital in nature and most often caused by laryngomalacia. We present a case of vallecular cys...