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Pierre-Robin sequence is associated with all of the following EXCEPT:

a) Cleft palate

b) Micrognathia

c) Potential for life-threatening extrathoracic airway obstruction

d) Glossoptosis

e) Cervical spine instability

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Answer

Answer e.

Pierre-Robin sequence is a constellation of airway anomalies including micrognathia, retrognathia, glossoptosis, variable degrees of cleft palate, and potential for severe airway obstruction; cervical spine instability is not a part of this sequence.

Notes

This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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