Heterotopic neuroglial tissue causing upper airway obstruction in a newborn.
Heterotopic neuroglial tissue, composed of differentiated neuroectodermal tissue, represents developmental heterotopia of neuroglial tissue rather than true neoplasm. Herein, we present a patient with nasopharyngeal heterotopic neuroglial tissue who presented with respiratory distress and feeding difficulty in early days after birth. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a cystic lesion measuring about 3 x 1.5 cm in the nasopharynx near the uvula. The lesion was resected and confirmed histologically as a heterotopic neuroglial tissue.
Azarpira
Negar
N
Department of Pathology, Transplant Research Center, Nemazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. negarazarpira@yahoo.com
Ashraf
Mohamad-Javad
MJ
Khademi
Bijan
B
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000473:pathology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis