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Life-threatening laryngeal polyp in a child (a case report)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. Juhlin-Dannfelt  and
O. Densert
M. Juhlin-Dannfelt*
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, County Hospital, S-301 85 Halmstad, Sweden.
O. Densert
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, County Hospital, S-301 85 Halmstad, Sweden.
*
Matts Juhlin-Dannfelt, M.D., Dept of Anaesthesia, County Hospital, S-301 85 Halmstad, Sweden.
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Abstract

A laryngeal polyp caused a life-threatening airway obstruction in a 3-year-old child. This condition required an emergency tracheotomy, which was performed without previous intubation. The histological picture indicated the diagnosis of a teleangiectatic granuloma. No other case of solitary laryngeal polyp causing upper airway obstruction in a child has been previously reported.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 3 , March 1987 , pp. 293 - 295
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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