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PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA

Vallecular Cyst and Laryngomalacia in Infants: Report of Six Cases and Airway Management

Ka Shun Cheng, MD^*, Ju-Mei Ng, FANZCA, Hsueh-Yu Li, MD, and Philip M. Hartigan, MD

Department of *Anesthesiology and Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Chang Gung University, Taiwan; Department of Anaesthesia, Singapore General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Ka Shun Cheng, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St., CWN, Boston, MA 02115. Address e-mail to cheng{at}zeus.bwh.harvard.edu

IMPLICATIONS: This report describes difficulties encountered in the airway management of six infants with concurrent vallecular cyst and laryngomalacia. It is hoped that our experience will assist others in the management of such patients.