Nasopharyngeal teratocarcinosarcoma.
Congenital germ cell tumors are uncommon. The most common site of origin is in the saccrococygeal region. Teratomas arising from the head and neck comprise a small proportion of this entity, and of these, nasopharyngeal lesions are rare. Also known by various synonyms such as hamartoma and hairy polyp, the teratoma is a well-recognized, and generally benign, clinical and histopathological entity. We present a case of a nasopharyngeal teratocarcinosarcoma associated with a cleft palate and the congenital replacement or absence of the ipsilateral Eustachian tube.
Rotenberg
Brian
B
Department of Otolaryngology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada.
El-Hakim
Hamdy
H
Lodha
Abhay
A
MacCormick
A
A
Ngan
Bo Y
BY
Forte
Vito
V
D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications*; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D018243:Teratocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*