title: Pharyngeal teratoma.
abstract: A 30-week newborn patient presented with acute respiratory obstruction due to a large pharyngeal teratoma. At laryngoscopy no view of the larynx was obtained, and a tracheal tube was unintentionally passed blindly into the oesophagus. This relieved the obstruction by anterior displacement of the mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Moriarty
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: McEwan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007440:Intubation; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*