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Nasopharyngeal teratoma as a respiratory emergency in the neonate.

1991; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 20; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

Süleyman Candan, Kadriye Yıldız, H. Naci Mocan, Sefika C Mizrak, H Muhtar,

Tracheal and airway disorders

We report a congenital nasopharyngeal teratoma which presented as acute neonatal airway obstruction. After immediate orotracheal intubation, a pedunculated mass, which filled the nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal cavities, was completely removed. Histological examination of the specimen revealed as a mature teratoma, composed of all three germ layers with recognizable early organ differentiation.