laryngomalacia

Introduction

congenital abnormality of the laryngeal cartilage

Epidemiology

• most common cause of congenital stridor
• most common congenital lesion of the larynx

Pathology

• delay of maturation of the supporting structures of the larynx

Clinical manifestations

• congenital stridor

Management

• watchful waiting (most cases)
• epiglottidectomy

More general terms

• laryngeal disease
• congenital anomaly (birth defect)