A rudimentary epiglottis associated with Pierre Robin sequence

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 668-670

  Li, S P ^a   Fang, T J ^a   Lee, S W ^a   Li, H Y ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AWARENESS; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGLOTTIS; FEEDING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; JAW MALFORMATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROGNATHIA; NOSE FEEDING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALATOPLASTY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOMITING;

ARYTENOID CARTILAGE; EPIGLOTTIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 33744995341     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Bauer M.L., Figueroa-Colon R., Georgeson K., and Young D.W. Chronic pulmonary aspiration in children. South Med J 86 (1993) 789-795
2. Cohen S., Simms C., and Burstein F.D. Mandibular distraction osteogenesis in the treatment of upper airway obstruction in children with craniofacial deformities. Plast Reconstr Surg 101 (1998) 312-318
3. Gomes G.F., Pisani J.C., Macedo E.D., and Campos A.C. The nasogastric feeding tube as a risk factor for aspiration and aspiration pneumonia. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 6 (2003) 327-333
4. Hast M.H. Developmental anatomy of the larynx. In: Hinchcliffe R., and Harrison D. (Eds). Scientific Foundations of Otolaryngology (1976), Yearbook Medical Publishers, Chicago 529-535
5. Holinger P.H., Johnson K.C., and Schiller E. Congenital anomalies of the larynx. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 63 (1954) 581-606
6. Knapp Jr. C.H., Santin-Hodges A., and Cole R.R. Laryngeal findings in short rib polydactyly syndrome: case report and embryological correlations. Laryngoscope 100 (1990) 579-582
7. Reyes B.G., Arnold J.E., and Brooks L.J. Congenital absence of the epiglottis and its potential role in obstructive sleep apnea. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryn 30 (1994) 223-226
8. Visveshwara N., Rudolph N., and Dragutsky D. Syndrome of accelerated skeletal maturation in infancy: peculiar faces and multiple congenital anomalies. J Pediatr 84 (1974) 553-556
9. Wagener S., Rayatt S.S., Tatman A.J., Gornall P., and Slator R. Management of infants with Pierre Robin sequence. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 40 (2003) 180-185
10. Zeitels S.M., Vaughan C.W., Domanowski G.F., Fuleihan N.S., and Simpson Jr. G.T. Laser epiglottectomy: endoscopic technique and indications. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 103 (1990) 337-343