CASE-REPORT - LINGUAL THYROID, A CAUSE OF NEONATAL STRIDOR

Stridor implies partial airway obstruction, resulting from intrinsic o r extrinsic abnormalities of the upper respiratory tract. In a neonate whose airway is small, soft and easily occluded this may be potential ly life threatening. Its immediate diagnosis with prompt therapy is a rewarding challenge. When stridor occurs in a neonate with congenital hypothyroidism, surgically amenable cause of obstruction due to an ect opic thyroid or thyroglossal cyst has to be seriously considered. We r eport a case of neonatal stridor caused by a lingual thyroid, and disc uss the imaging approach.