Laryngomalacia: Not just an infant disease.

• Tác giả: Gabrielle Aschkenasy, Shlomo Cohen, Shmuel Goldberg, Leon Joseph, Elie Picard
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: Ireland : International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 703498

Tóm tắt

AIM: Laryngomalacia is the most common congenital anomaly of the larynx and is regarded as a process that resolves by the age of two years. The aim of the current study was to assess the prevalence of laryngomalacia beyond the age of 2 years, to describe its clinical characteristics and to identify risk factors. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed all bronchoscopies performed over a 3 year period. We compared the prevalence of laryngomalacia between children younger and older than 2 years of age. We also compared the presenting symptoms and co-morbidities between the two age groups. RESULTS: Laryngomalacia was diagnosed in 167 (27 %) out of 618 pediatric bronchoscopies. Among the patients with laryngomalacia, 125 (75 %) were less than 2 years old and 42 (25 %) were more than 2 years old. Older children with laryngomalacia were more likely to present with snoring than stridor (44 % vs 24 %) and had more co-morbidities (48 % vs 22 %) than the younger group. CONCLUSIONS: Laryngomalacia is not rare in children older than 2 years of age. Co-morbidities are reported frequently in these children. Snoring is a more common symptom in this age group. Further complementary prospective studies are necessary to confirm our observations.