Prenatal diagnosis and management of fetal pharyngeal teratoma: a case report and review of the literature.
We present a case of a fetal pharyngeal teratoma, which was diagnosed at 21 weeks' gestation. At the time of examination, a mass of mixed echogenicity was detected that protruded through the mouth. During a second examination 3 weeks later, the tumor had increased in size, and a severe polyhydramnios had developed. Intrauterine death of the fetus was detected at 27 weeks' gestation. Labor was induced with misoprostol, and a 1,015-g stillborn female neonate was delivered. Postmortem examination confirmed the diagnosis of a pharyngeal teratoma.
Daskalakis
George
G
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Athens University, Alexandra Hospital, 5 Katsarou Street, Agia varvara, Athens 12351, Greece.
Efthimiou
Theodoros
T
Pilalis
Athanasios
A
Papadopoulos
Dimitrios
D
Anastasakis
Eleftherios
E
Fotinos
George
G
Antsaklis
Aris
A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006831:Polyhydramnios / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D050497:Stillbirth; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal