title: Neonatal lingual choristoma with respiratory and gastric epithelium.
abstract: Lingual choristomas are rare entities that typically present as benign cystic masses that are lined with a variety of heterotopic epithelia. Lingual choristomas that are lined with respiratory and/or gastric or intestinal mucosa are believed to derive from pluripotential cells of the embryonic foregut. We describe a neonate with a lingual cyst that was lined predominantly by respiratory epithelium and focally by gastric foveolar epithelium, and we review the terminology, etiology, and management of lingual cysts of presumed foregut origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. david.mandell@eudoramail.com
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Mandell
authors.forename: Sarangarajan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ranganathan
authors.forename: Charles D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bluestone
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002828:Choristoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004848:Epithelium; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005753:Gastric Mucosa; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D012137:Respiratory System; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome