[Neonatal rhinopharyngeal obstruction due to craniopharyngioma].
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.
Cheddadi
D
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Service ORL, centre hospitalier, Montluçon, France.
Triki
S
S
Gallet
S
S
Marquet
M
M
Muller
J P
JP
Renaud
H
H
Goddon
R
R
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
Obstruction rhinopharyngée néonatale par craniopharyngiome.