Giant vallecular cyst: an impending threat for airway collapse

Autor:	Arun Alexander, Puducherry Ravichandran Subhashini, Surya Ravichandran, Kalaiarasi Raja
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Paediatric surgery Images In… business.industry Cysts Otolaryngology/ENT General Medicine Anatomy respiratory system medicine.disease Mucus Laryngeal Diseases parasitic diseases medicine Humans Cyst medicine.symptom business Airway Collapse (medical) Vallecular cyst
Zdroj:	BMJ Case Rep
ISSN:	1757-790X
Popis:	The vallecular cyst is formed due to an obstruction in the collecting duct of a submucosal gland, thereby causing the accumulation of mucus within it. It is also known as a ductal cyst, mucus-retention cyst. DeSanto et al [1][1] identified that these vallecular cysts are due to distended ducts and
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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