Recognised cause of stridor in newborn –

Recognised cause of stridor in newborn –

    1. Cystic hygroma
    1. A Vascular ring
    1. Laryngomalacia
    1. All are true

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Stridor

  • Stridor refers to the physical finding of excessively noisy breathing and is general due to airway obstruction.

Causes of Stridor in a child.

Infections

  • Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis)
  • Epiglotitis
  • Bacterial tracheitis
  • Retropharyngeal abscess

Congenital

  • Laryngomalacia
  • Vocal cord palsy
  • Subglottic stenosis
  • Vascular ring
  • Saccular cyst

Neoplasms

  • Subglottic hemangioma

  • Larynge’al papillomas

  • Cystic hygroma, when it occurs in larynx then it can cause respiratory tract obustruction - Nelson 18th/e p. 1773