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KMID : 0390020090190020183
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Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease
2009 Volume.19 No. 2 p.183 ~ p.190
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Congenital Cardiopulmonary Anomalies in Infants with Recurrent Stridor and/or Respiratory Distress : Report of 3 Cases
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Nam Hyo-Kyoung
La Kyong-Suk
Byeon Jung-Hye
Choi Ic-Sun
Jang Gi-Young
Yoo Young
Choung Ji-Tae
Son Chang-Sung
Ham Soo-Youn
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Abstract
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Although laryngomalacia is the most common cause of congenital stridor in infancy, it is a benign, self-limited disease which usually resolves by the age of 18 months with no long- term sequelae. Nevertheless, infants who suffered from recurrent stridor and respiratory distress should be evaluated for other causes of stridor such as cardiopulmonary anomalies. We report 3 cases of infants who had recurrent stridor and respiratory distress from their early infancy. Case 1 had a double aortic arch and a tracheomalacia, case 2 had a hypoplasia of the right lung, and case 3 had a horseshoe lung as well as scimitar syndrome. Physicians should be alert for the possibility of the congenital cardiopulmonary abnormalities in infants with recurrent stridor and/or respiratory distress.
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KEYWORD
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Congenital anomalies of lung, Double aortic arch, Infant, Laryngomalacia, Dyspnea, Stridor, Tracheomalacia
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