Laryngotracheal anomalies in children with syndromic craniosynostosis undergoing tracheostomy.

Children with syndromic craniosynostosis may present with airway anomalies. We reviewed a cohort of such individuals who underwent tracheostomy at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (London, UK) between 1999 and 2012 from a prospectively collated database. A case note review was undertaken in 11 patients.

Refractory choanal atresia: what makes a child susceptible? The great Ormond Street Hospital experience.

Objective: An outcome analysis of factors that predispose patients to require multiple surgical procedures for choanal atresia repair.

Design: Retrospective case note review of choanal atresia patients identified from a prospectively collected database at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, between 1992 and 2005.

Setting: Specialist centre in pediatric otolaryngology.

Foreign body inhalation: a case of mistaken identity?

Inhalation and ingestion of foreign bodies is most common in pre-school children. In recent years, children have been increasingly exposed to electronic technology containing button batteries. These may be potentially inhaled or ingested.

Tracheal cartilaginous sleeve with cricoid cartilage involvement in Pfeiffer syndrome.

Pfeiffer syndrome is one of a group of craniosynostosis syndromes in which rare tracheal anomalies have been described. This group of patients have a poor prognosis, and mortality can be related to airway complications and respiratory distress. We report a case of type II Pfeiffer syndrome with tracheal cartilaginous sleeve and cricoid cartilage involvement.