Impending Airway Compromise due to Cystic Hygroma
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Impending Airway Compromise due to Cystic Hygroma
We report on a 3-month-old infant, who arrived in the pediatric emergency department (ED) with a cervical cystic hygroma causing an impending compromise of the airway. We recognize that such a lesion can rapidly progress, and the judicious use of imaging in the ED may help to avoid airway compromise and possibly fatal complications.
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.2.2170