Neonatal Lung Disease and Development Flashcards
Pediatric airway compared to adults?
smaller, more anterior, epiglottis is floppier, larger tongue, larger occiput, narrowest point is the cricoid
Stomodeum?
the developing mouth, connected to gut tube
Nasal placode?
develops above the Stomodeum, connects back to the gut tube
What arch does upper airway develop from?
Pharyngeal arch I
Choana?
opening nasal cavity to nasopharnyx
What membrane breaksdown in development?
buccopharyngeal membrane
Choanal Atresia?
failure in reabsoption of buccopharyngeal membrane during embryonic development
can be membranous or bony, usually mixed
more common in females
Diagnose/manage Choanal Atresia?
endoscopy or CT
inital- oropharyngeal ariway
surgery is definitive
Pierre Robin Sequence?
multiple related developmental defects
- Micrognathia
- Glossoptosis
- Celft palate
- Macroglossia
Problem in development of the first pharyngeal arch
Treat Pierre Robin Sequence?
most cases- insert of nasopharyngeal airway, severe can require trachesostomy
other-forms of mandibular distraction, release of the floor of the mouth
Micrognathia?
small underveloped chini, cause airway obstruction
Congenital airway masses?
many causes:
cysts, vascular (hemangiomas), infectious (papillomas), other (Teratomas, Hetertopic brain)
Papillomas cause in newborn?
often caused by HPV, can be picked up during childbirth, cause airway obstuction on vocal cords, debreaded can come back
Forms the lining of the airway?
endoderm, blebs off from the gut tube
How is the respiratory diverticulum connected to the the foregut?
through the laryngeal orifice
How does the respiratory diverticulum seperate from the foregut?
tracheoesophageal ridges that partition the tubes
What happens when the epithelium in the area of the laryngeal orifice grows too quickly?
it recloses the laryngeal orfice, this is normal
The epithelium later does what to open and its evidence remaining is called what?
re-canalized (opens the laryngeal orifice)
leaving the false (vestibular) fold and laryngeal ventricle
the tongue develops on the floor of the mouth
The respiratory diverticulum forms?
the primary bronchi, secondary, tertiary
Laryngeal cleft?
developmental failure of the primitive tracheoesophageal septum
cause a split like opening between the posterior larynx and the esophagus
Laryngeal cleft presents?
recurrent aspiration or cyanotic spells with feeding
Traceheosophageal fistula?
always have a component of associated tracheomalacia
Rare H type can present with recurrent aspiration
asses with pressure barium esophogram
Laryngomalacia?
Floppiness of the larynx
Most common congetial anomaly of the upper airway
Laryngomalacia present?
supine worse than prone (positional)
inspiratory stridor and/or stertor (heavy snoring) within the first few weeks of life
Laryngeal webs or atresias result from?
failure of recanalization of the larynx during embryogenesis
where do most lesions occur?
the glottic area and extend into subglottic
Subglottic stenosis?
can be congenital or aquired
3rd most common congenital laryngeal anomaly
Congential Subglottic stenosis?
result from incomplete recanalization of the laryngotracheal tube during the 3rd month of gestation
Risk factors for aquired Subglottic stenosis?
prolong intubation, aspiration, prolonged or severe infections, previous airway surgery
Tracheomalasia?
weakness (floppiness) of the tracheal wall
segmental/generalized, congenital/aquired
Tracheomalasia preset?
recurrent wheezing or barky cough with illness or activity
tends to impair cough efficiency
coarse, low pitch, monophonic wheeze on exam
Thing to watch with Tracheomalasia?
Beta agonist can worsen
important because asthma is very common and presents with monophonic wheeze
Bronchogenic cysts?
single cyst arising anywhere in bronchial tree, variable in size, abnormal budding of the ventral foregut endoderm
85% mediastinal, most cases located in right parathracheal or canial region
malignant transformation has been reported
Clinical presentation of Bronchogenic cysts?
often aymptomatic noted incidentally on chest imaging
depends on location- airway compression, wheeze, respiratory distress
hemorrhage or peptic ulceration in cysts containing gastric mucosa
Bronchogenic cysts management?
resected due to risk of malignant transformation
removed thoracoscopically
does not result in loss of any functional lung tissue
Primary bronchial lesions?
Bronchomalacia
Bronchial stenosis/atresia