Hamartomas of the oro- and nasopharyngeal cavity in infancy: two cases and a short review.
BACKGROUND
Oro- and nasopharyngeal masses are rare in infancy and consist of developmental anomalies and, mostly benign, neoplasms.


METHODS
We report two infants with a tumour in the ear-nose-throat region.


CONCLUSIONS
As shown by our cases, the clinical presentation of an oropharyngeal mass in infancy varies from respiratory insufficiency at birth to incidental finding by the parents a few months after birth.
Hulsmann
Anthon R
AR
Department of Paediatrics, Amphia Ziekenhuis Breda, Breda, the Netherlands. ahulsmann@amphia.nl
de Bont
Noortje
N
den Hollander
Jan C
JC
Borgstein
Johannes A
JA
D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology