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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Stridor, Pediatric Age
RECURRENT
• Allergic (spasmodic) croup
• Respiratory infections in a child with otherwise asymptomatic
anatomic narrowing of the large airways
• Laryngomalacia
PERSISTENT
• Laryngeal obstruction
• Laryngomalacia
• Papillomas, other tumors
• Cysts and laryngoceles
• Laryngeal webs
• Bilateral abductor paralysis of the cords
• Foreign body
• Tracheobronchial disease
• Tracheomalacia
• Subglottic tracheal webs
• Endotracheal, endobronchial tumors
• Subglottic tracheal stenosis
• Congenital
• Acquired
• Extrinsic masses
• Mediastinal masses
• Vascular ring
• Lobar emphysema
• Bronchogenic cysts
• Thyroid enlargement
• Esophageal foreign body
• Tracheoesophageal fistulas
OTHER
• Gastroesophageal reflux
• Macroglossia, Pierre Robin syndrome
• Cri du chat syndrome
• Hysterical stridor
• Hypocalcemia
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