title: Prenatal sonographic detection of nasopharyngeal teratoma.
abstract: We present the case of a 34-year-old pregnant woman who had an elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein level and sonographic findings of a semisolid mass protruding from the fetus's oral cavity. The large, heterogeneous mass filled the oropharynx and nasopharynx. Abnormal Doppler waveforms were detected in the umbilical artery of the fetus, who died in utero. Postmortem examination revealed a nasopharyngeal teratoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sağol
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Itil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozsaran
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oztekin
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ozbek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal