{"title":"Case report: Cystic lymphangioma of the vallecula.","authors":"R J Ruben, S A Kucinski, N Greenstein","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The incidence of vallecular cysts is low. They deserve full awareness of their existence because clinically they may produce upper airway obstruction. The case of a 20 month old infant in whom the large vallecular cyst was incidentally found on a routine examination is presented with a review of the literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":75670,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of otolaryngology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1975-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian journal of otolaryngology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The incidence of vallecular cysts is low. They deserve full awareness of their existence because clinically they may produce upper airway obstruction. The case of a 20 month old infant in whom the large vallecular cyst was incidentally found on a routine examination is presented with a review of the literature.