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SUBMITTER: Shatla ES
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5702985 | biostudies-other | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Shatla Emad Sadek ES Prashanth Gowda Parameshwara GP Aguiar Rodney R Shivalingam Ganji G Al Haq Adeel Ahmed AA
Oman medical journal 20171101 6
Stridor presenting soon after birth due to bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis (VCP) is rare. We report a family with bilateral VCP affecting four male members in two generations and hence suggesting X-linked recessive inheritance. Severe stridor in the neonatal period requires meticulous airway evaluation, and tracheostomy in 35-70% cases. The current trend is towards conservative management and tracheostomy is avoided unless respiratory distress is severe or life-threatening. Neonatal VCP ...[more]