title: Nasopharyngeal gliomas: diagnostic and treatment considerations.
abstract: Nasopharyngeal masses in newborns may produce life-threatening airway obstruction. Distinction between encephaloceles and gliomas is important for surgical planning, but cannot always be accurately assessed on the basis of high-resolution computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Preoperative or intraoperative nuclide imaging or contrast injection studies may assist with selection of appropriate surgical approach.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Melvin
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Parent
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009457:Neuroglia