“…In the cartilaginous type of congenital SGS, a small normally shaped cricoid cartilage or an abnormally shaped cricoid is seen. Tucker et al first described the elliptical cricoid cartilage, which is the most frequently encountered abnormal shape that causes congenital subglottic stenosis [2]. In our series of 41 patients, the elliptical cricoid was seen in the majority (73%), similar to descriptions in the literature.…”