Transfixing Anterior Laryngeal Cleft in a Malformed Stillborn at Term: Case Report

Abstract

Introduction: Laryngeal clefts (LC) are upper respiratory malformations predominately found in the posterior laryngeal wall. The frequency is 1:10,000, more frequently affect males, and can be syndromic features. There is no report of a transfixing anterior laryngeal cleft. Case report: This diabetic mother at full-term pregnancy delivered a stillborn macrosomic 4780 g dysmorphic stillborn male with left renal agenesis, aortic coarctation, and anterior laryngeal cleft. Conclusion: Anterior laryngeal clefts can occur, and in this case, occurred in association with renal agenesis and maternal diabetes.

Keywords:

• Larynx cleft
• diabetes mellitus
• laryngeal malformation
• laryngotracheal anomalies
• pediatric otolaryngology

Acknowledgments

We wish to thank the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Hospital Universitario San Ignacio in Bogotá, Colombia for its indispensable support for Perinatal Pathology. We also want to thank Dr. Johanna Catalina González for participating in the laryngeal keeping. We extend our thanks to Steven W. Bayless for the English translation.

Declaration of conflicting interests

No author has any potential or actual interests relevant to the topics discussed in this manuscript.

Financial disclosure

The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana- Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogota, Colombia financed this report.