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MENDEL JACOBI, M.D.; HENRY RASCOFF, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1935;49(2):448-459.

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Cyst of the larynx in infancy is rare. A thorough search of the literature revealed only eleven cases recorded prior to ours. In none of the textbooks on pediatrics is any mention made of this condition as a possible cause of asphyxia at birth or in early infancy. Still more infrequent is cyst involving the epiglottis of the new-born. So far as our search of the literature revealed, only one case is on record.

Park and Israel¹ sent questionnaires to approximately one hundred and fifty pediatricians and otolaryngologists throughout the United States requesting a statement as to their experience with laryngeal cysts in infancy and childhood. Most of the replies were to the effect that the physician had never seen a case in infancy or childhood. Chevalier Jackson, who has probably had the widest experience, stated that the earliest case he had seen was in a child of 13 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Attending Pathologist and Associate Physician, Beth-El Hospital; Assistant Medical Examiner, New York City NEW YORK; Assistant in Pediatrics and Pathology, Beth-El Hospital; Assistant Visiting Physician, Kingston Avenue Hospital BROOKLYN

From the Department of Pathology of the Beth-El Hospital and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, Dr. Charles Norris.

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