Retropharyngeal neuroblastoma causing airway obstruction in a newborn--survival with surgical treatment alone.
Neuroblastoma is known to occur occasionally in newborns, but very few are of cervical origin. We have encountered a newborn with retropharyngeal neuroblastoma causing airway obstruction, and successfully treated it by surgical removal alone.
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000151:congenital* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis