Neonatal intracranial teratoma.
Brain tumors diagnosed in neonatal period are extremely rare. A case of neonatal intracranial teratoma with extracranial extension, presenting with upper airway obstruction is reported. The preoperative diagnosis was made by cranial computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Canan
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Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. ccaygun@ada.net.tr
Gülsevin
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Nejat
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Tezer
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K
Sule
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Y
Meryem
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T
Gülşen
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E
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed