title: Neonatal intracranial teratoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. ccaygun@ada.net.tr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Canan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gülsevin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nejat
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tezer
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sule
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meryem
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gülşen
mesh_terms: 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