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Lingual cyst in infancy: Importance of palpation for diagnosis
Author(s) -
KANEKO KAZUNARI,
TAKAHASHI KEN,
UNNO ATSUSHI,
TAKAGI MASATOSHI,
MARUYAMA TAKESHI,
OBINATA KAORU,
TSUCHIHASHI NOBUAKI,
KAWASHIRO NOBUKO,
SAKAI HIROKAZU
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1997.tb03622.x
Subject(s) - medicine , palpation , stridor , thyroglossal duct , cyst , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , physical examination , surgery , airway
Two infants, 5 and 12 weeks of age, with lingual cysts were presented. Histological findings were compatible with a salivary retention cyst in one and a thyroglossal duct cyst in the other. Both infants were admitted to our hospital because of severe stridor that had developed from one to two weeks of age. Their lingual cysts were easily recognizable by simple palpation and were confirmed by non‐invasive imaging techniques, such as ultrasound sonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Lingual cyst in infancy may be large enough to cause stridor and dyspnea, and occasionally result in sudden infant death, although once diagnosis is made a radical operation can be easily performed. Therefore, it is important that palpation in the oral cavity should be performed with all infants with persistent stridor as a part of a physical examination.