title: Hamartomas of the oro- and nasopharyngeal cavity in infancy: two cases and a short review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Amphia Ziekenhuis Breda, Breda, the Netherlands. ahulsmann@amphia.nl
authors.forename: Anthon R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Hulsmann
authors.forename: Noortje
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Bont
authors.forename: Jan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: den Hollander
authors.forename: Johannes A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Borgstein
mesh_terms: 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