MDL - Vallecular Cyst

Considerations

• • Also called mucous retention cyst, epiglottic cyst 

  • Etiology 

    • Unknown 

    • May be congenital - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216176/

  • Symptoms 

    • Airway obstruction - http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/Vallecular-Cyst-Airway-Challenge-and-Options-of-Management-2161-119X.1000158.php?aid=24431

      • http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/102/4/565.1.full 

    • Dysphagia - http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijoto/2010/697583/

Preparation

Procedure

Post-op

High-Yield

Links

• • YouTube - capsular dissection using Bovie and cup forceps - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORIoNLcmt4E

  • YouTube - excision using mircodebrider - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKgfya1fWbI

  • YouTube - epiglottic cyst excision using Coblator - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG2q7pGjhIs