“…Differential diagnosis of respiratory distress in the newborn is broad including congenital malformations such as choanal atresia, meningo-encephalocele, dermoid cyst, Thornwaldt cyst, pyriform aperture stenosis, tumoral lesions such as glioma, craniopharyngioma, and edema of the nasal mucosa (8). CDC with intranasal cyst, however, is typically not considered as a primary cause of respiratory distress in the newborn (4).…”