Nasopharyngeal brain heterotopia--a cause of upper airway obstruction in infancy.
The finding of mature neuroglial tissue in a mass from the head and neck region of a child raises four differential diagnostic possibilities: teratoma, encephalocele, glioma, and heterotopic brain tissue. We present a review of the literature and discuss the clinical, radiographical, and pathological features of a rare nasopharyngeal brain heterotopia in an infant causing upper airway obstruction.
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed