title: Parapharyngeal neuroglial heterotopia extending through the skull base in a neonate with airway obstruction.
abstract: We present a neonate with heterotopic nasopharyngeal brain tissue causing airway obstruction. Preoperative imaging showed extension of the mass along major neurovascular pathways into the cranial vault. Preoperative identification of intracranial extension is essential for planning surgery to prevent postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leaks or possible meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland. thierry.huisman@kispi.unizh.ch
authors.forename: Thierry A G M
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Huisman
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brehmer
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zeilinger
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stallmach
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gysin
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000151:congenital* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D009457:Neuroglia; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000473:pathology; D019291:Skull Base / Q000473:pathology