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Neonatal airway obstruction due to a massive lingual foregut duplication cyst
Sepehr Shabani1, Bradley J Cheek2, Katrin Post-Martens3
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA sshabani@usf.edu.
Abstract:
Foregut duplication cysts (FDCs) are rare malformations arising along primitively derived alimentary tract. Head and neck cases comprise 0.3% of all FDCs with 60% occurring in the oral cavity. We present a case of neonatal airway obstruction secondary to a prenatally diagnosed massive lingual FDC. Definitive treatment requires surgical excision. Histologically, the cysts are lined gastric and respiratory epithelium. FDC should be a consideration in prenatally diagnosed masses affecting the oral cavity.
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