title: [Neonatal rhinopharyngeal obstruction due to craniopharyngioma].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Craniopharyngioma, the most common tumor of the sellar and suprasellar regions in childhood, can exceptionally develop in the infrasellar area.
  
  
  METHODS
  A premature girl (GA: 30 weeks) weighing 1240 g required intubation and ventilation because she suffered from a neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. Nasal endoscopy showed total obstruction of rhinopharynx by a tumor resembling adenoid tissue. This tumor was successfully excised and its histological examination showed a craniopharyngioma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A wide range of intranasal tumors has to be examined, endoscopy and CT scan are necessary for a precise localization and to eliminate meningocele.
authors: Service ORL, centre hospitalier, Montluçon, France.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Cheddadi
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Triki
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Gallet
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Marquet
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Muller
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Renaud
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Goddon
mesh_terms: D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Obstruction rhinopharyngée néonatale par craniopharyngiome.