Pediatr. praxi. 2023;24(3):191-193 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2023.054

Subglottic cyst as cause of the dyspnea in infants

MUDr. Monika Debnárová¹, MUDr. Veronika Mohylová³, doc. MUDr. Karol Zeleník, Ph.D., MBA^{1, 2}, doc. MUDr. Jan Pavlíček, Ph.D.³, MUDr. Ondřej Jor, Ph.D.⁴, prof. MUDr. Pavel Komínek, Ph.D., MBA^{1, 2}

¹ Klinika otorinolaryngologie a chirurgie hlavy a krku, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava

² Katedra kraniofaciálních oborů, Lékařská fakulta Ostravské univerzity v Ostravě

³ Klinika dětského lékařství, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava

⁴ Klinika anesteziologie, resuscitace a intenzivní medicíny, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava

Subglottic cyst is a rare disease of the larynx, which occurs to newborns or infants. The typical symptom is stridor. Diagnosis depends on anamnesis and flexibile endoscopy, in a case of uncertainity the tracheobronchoscopy in general anesthesia is indicated. The main therapeutical modality is surgical excision. Regular check-up sis neccesery, because of often reccurency of the disease. Aim of this case report is to point out this rare disease and to add it to differential diagnosis of stridor in children.

Keywords: subglottic cyst, stridor, newborn, infant, intubation, laryngoskopy.

Accepted: June 8, 2023; Published: June 15, 2023  Show citation