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01-01-2004 | Case Report

Postcricoid Hemangioma: An Overlooked Cause of Dysphagia in Infants?–A Case Report

Authors: Gauthier R. R. Desuter, MD, Kamal El Makhloufi, MD, Geneviève J. François, MD, Veronique M. Godding, MD PhD, Christine Saint-Martin, MD, Jean-Paul Buts, MD PhD, M. F. A. Hamoir, MD

Published in: Dysphagia | Issue 1/2004

Abstract

Feeding and swallowing disorders in children remain a major challenge owing to a wide differential diagnosis. Hemangioma of the upper aerodigestive tract represents one of the numerous non-neoplastic causes of dysphagia. We report two cases of postcricoid hemangioma causing inhalation and recurrent respiratory infections, treated successfully with systemic corticotherapy alone. To our knowledge, these are the second and third cases described in the literature. After a short review of the literature, the diagnostic procedures are discussed and a management strategy is proposed for this clinical entity, by far underestimated.

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Title: Postcricoid Hemangioma: An Overlooked Cause of Dysphagia in Infants?–A Case Report
Authors: Gauthier R. R. Desuter, MD
Kamal El Makhloufi, MD
Geneviève J. François, MD
Veronique M. Godding, MD PhD
Christine Saint-Martin, MD
Jean-Paul Buts, MD PhD
M. F. A. Hamoir, MD
Publication date: 01-01-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Dysphagia / Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 0179-051X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0460
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-003-0028-4

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