Two cases of vallecular cyst presenting with acute stridor

1 April 1985

journal article
case report
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Vol. 99 (4) , 421-425
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022215100096985

Abstract

Acute airway obstruction is a rare presentation of vallecular cysts in adults. In the two cases presented this probably reflected infection and responded well to a trial of conservative treatment.

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