Heterotopic brain presenting as a cystic neck mass with mandibular deformity.
A congenital cystic neck mass causing respiratory distress and hypoplasia of the mandible was excised from a 3-month-old infant. The lesion was subsequently diagnosed as heterotopic brain, a rare, benign condition that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the neonatal head and neck mass.
D001921:Brain; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology