Management of a rare cause of neonatal airway obstruction: cervical teratoma.
Cervical teratomas are rare tumors during the prenatal period. Cervical teratomas account for 1.5-5.5% of all pediatric teratomas. Both mortality and morbidity are significantly high because of airway obstruction due to a mass effect of the tumor although good results are achieved with total excision of the mass. Antenatal diagnosis by routine ultrasound (US) screening helps in preparing a team to provide airway support and surgery. We present two cases of cervical teratomas with total excision and cure and a postmortem study from our pathology laboratory. The third case, the female infant who died soon after birth, demonstrates the paramount importance of antenatal diagnosis.
Sayan
Ali
A
Karaçay
Safak
S
Bayol
Umit
U
Arikan
Ahmet
A
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed