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...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine
2011
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236133/ |