ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Surg.
Sec. Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1469405
Clinical characteristics and treatment for laryngeal cyst in children: a case series study
Provisionally accepted
- 1Children's Medical Center, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- 2Director of pediatric Interventional Pulmonology Division, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Purpose: This study aims to present a case series of pediatric laryngeal cysts and summarize their clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes.This retrospective case series study included pediatric patients with laryngeal cysts at the author's Hospital, and clinical data were analyzed.Results: A total of 20 patients were included. Among them, 15 children were diagnosed with supraglottic cysts, while five were categorized into the glottic and subglottic groups. The primary symptoms included stridor (16/20, 80%), shortness of breath (15/20, 75%), coughing after feeding (12/20, 60%), cyanosis (7/20, 35%), and Spo 2 <95% (8/20). Bronchoscopy revealed single or multiple transparent or semitransparent cystic masses capable of causing varying degrees of compression of the epiglottis or airway obstruction. Thirteen children with supraglottic laryngeal cysts underwent endoscopic plasma cyst ablation, while five children in the glottic and supraglottic areas underwent bronchoscopic titanium laser ablation. Almost all patients showed significant symptom improvement after treatment. None of the other children (18/20, 90%) experienced a recurrence during the 2 to 36-month follow-up period.Bronchoscopy should be considered for children experiencing stridor, shortness of breath, coughing after feeding, cyanosis, and Spo 2 <95%. Treatment choice between endoscopic plasma cyst ablation and bronchoscopic titanium laser ablation depends on cyst type.
Keywords: Laryngeal cyst, Children, Bronchoscopy, ablation, case series
Received: 23 Jul 2024; Accepted: 08 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhou, Zhong, Ding, Moslehi, Liu, Peng and Huang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Lili Zhong, Children's Medical Center, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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