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## Objectives: It is thought that many infants have a prominent venous plexus of the postcricoid area. in the past this entity had occasionally been reported as a postcricoid hemangioma or even a postcricoid mass. the term postcricoid cushion is now gaining acceptance to describe the prominent venous plexus of the posterior cricoid area. although it rarely causes symptoms, it should be considered when patients present with symptoms of obstruction. differentiating between normal variant postcricoid prominent venous plexuses, hemangiomas, and vascular malformations can be difficult and cannot be confirmed without immunohistochemistry. the objective of this systematic review is to describe current practices, clinical symptoms, management and outcomes of pediatric postcricoid lesions including postcricoid cushion. ## Methods: A systemic review of the literature was done using the prisma (preferred reporting items for systemic reviews and meta-analyses) guidelines to investigate postcricoid lesions. the following terms: postcricoid, postcricoid lesions, postcricoid mass, posterior cricoid, pressure-dependent postcricoid mass, postcricoid prolapse, postcricoid hemangiomas, postcricoid va
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- Author
- Alice Lee; Neha A. Patel
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)