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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2005;48(5):557-560. Published online May 15, 2005.

A Case of Congenital Laryngeal Atresia with Single Umbilical Artery Who Required a Tracheotomy

Ho Sung HS Wi¹, Hey Sung HS Baek¹, Jae Won JW Oh¹, Myung-Kul MK Yum¹, Yong Joo YJ Kim¹, Soo Jee SJ Moon¹, Kyung K Tae², Chang-Ryul CR Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Chang-Ryul CR Kim ,Email: crkim@hanyang.ac.kr

Abstract

Congenital laryngeal atresia is a rare cause of airway obstruction that is almost always lethal within a few minutes after birth. Therefore congenital laryngeal atresia should be diagnosed in the prenatal period. If not, it should be considered in newborn infant with life-threatening symptoms at birth such as cyanosis and dyspnea that need emergent procedures like a tracheotomy. We report a case of congenital laryngeal atresia with single umbilical artery diagnosed in a one-day-old neonate who required a tracheotomy and ventilator care after intubation failure.

Keywords :Congenital laryngeal atresia , Tracheotomy , Cyanosis