introduction: fibrolipoma, a subtype of lipoma is painless, well-circumscribed, slow-growing, submucosal benign adipocyte tumour. it is uncommon in the oral cavity and oropharyngeal region, with rare incidence in the retropharynx even rarest in pediatric age group.   case report: a very unusual case of fibrolipoma is presented in a pediatric patient, who had a huge retropharyngeal fibrolipoma a...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Paradoxical vocal fold motion and exercise-induced paradoxical vocal fold motion (EIPVFM) are two related conditions that do not have definitive diagnostic criteria. Much of the EIPVFM literature describes patients with characteristic physiologic findings of severe upper airway obstruction or obvious airflow limitation in the clinical context of exertional dyspnea with aud...

Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of stridor in neonates and infants, where the soft cartilages and tissues surrounding the upper larynx collapse inward during respiration. On the other hand, acquired idiopathic laryngomalacia in adults is quite rare, but should be borne in mind for differential diagnosis of upper airway distress. Allergic factors may cause airway distress, but have not b...

Subglottic stenosis (SGS) are narrowings in the area below vocal folds and cause symptoms such as dyspnea stridor. These can be found granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), post-traumatic or idiopathic.

Croup is an inflammatory condition of the larynx or trachea accompanied by stridor, which is the harsh noise characterizing upper airway obstruction, as opposed to wheezing which characterizes lower airway obstruction. The sound may be of high or low pitch and is due to sound waves set up by the fast flow of air past a narrow point in the airway. This causes stridor of medium or high pitch, chi...

A 7 month old male presented with stridor from the age of 6 weeks. He was one of identical twins born at 38 weeks gestation following an otherwise uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery. He remained completely well until 6 weeks of age when the isolated symptom of stridor began gradually, increased in loudness until 10 weeks of age and then remained constant until presentation. It was present at ...

AIM The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of reintubation due to upper airway obstruction in a homogeneous group of ventilated infants with Respiratory Syncytial Virus bronchiolitis. Our secondary objective was to determine whether prophylactic administration of dexamethasone prior to extubation was associated with decreased risk of reintubation. METHODS This retrospective ...

Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of stridor in newborns, affecting 45-75% of all infants with congenital stridor. The spectrum of disease presentation, progression, and outcomes is varied. Identifying symptoms and patient factors that influence disease severity helps predict outcomes. Findings. Infants with stridor who do not have significant feeding-related symptoms can be managed expec...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether treatment with corticosteroids decreases the incidence of postextubation airway obstruction in an adult intensive care unit. DESIGN Clinical experiment. SETTING Adult medical and surgical intensive care unit of a teaching hospital. PATIENTS One hundred twenty-eight patients who were intubated for >24 hrs with a cuff leak volume <24% of tidal volume and met w...