Management of subglottic cysts with Mitomycin-C—A case series and literature review

Evaluation of pediatric subglottic cysts

“…Although subglottic cysts (SGC) are rare clinical entity among infants and children, they are well-known cause of respiratory distress and increasingly recognized as a cause of upper airway obstruction in previously intubated infants [1,2]. SGC incidence is rare among laryngeal cyst series in literature.…”

“…The first case of SGC was published in 1968 by Wigger and Tang [5]. In the previous years there are 15 articles presenting approximately 130 cases of SGC (117 of which were reported from 1990 to 2007) [2,[6][7][8]1,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. SGCs have been subdivided into congenital or acquired types.…”

Management of Pediatric Subglottic Cysts Using the Bugbee Fulgurating Electrode

“…Also, mitomycin C therapy after surgical intervention has recently been shown to have an advantage on recurrence rates by potentially reducing scarring. 6 In our series of 16 patients, only 1 (6%) was found to have symptomatic cyst recurrence and required treatment.…”

“…6 The reported techniques for marsupialization include cold steel microinstrumentation, various laser treatments, and the laryngeal microdebrider. 3,4,7,8 These methods have been shown to be the most effective from both a risk and recurrence perspective.…”

Cisto subglótico: uma causa rara de estridor laríngeo

“…(3,4) In addition, SGCs are an intubation-related process and represent an uncommon cause of stridor in infants. (7) When…”