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Nasopharyngeal hemangioma causing airway obstruction in infancy
Author(s) -
Strauss Melvin,
Widome Mark D.,
Roland Peter S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198108000-00018
Subject(s) - medicine , airway obstruction , airway , presentation (obstetrics) , hemangioma , head and neck , pathophysiology , surgery , pediatrics
The clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of a 3‐month‐old infant with symptomatic airway obstruction caused by a nasopharyngeal hemangioma is discussed. The pathophysiology of nasopharyngeal airway obstruction in the infant and the clinical management of hemangiomas of the head and neck are reviewed.