title: Mushroom-shaped teratoma of the soft palate in a neonate: case report.
abstract: Teratomas of the head and neck are uncommon congenital lesions, which are rarely seen in the soft palate. We here reported a male neonate with a soft palate teratoma associated with soft palate cleft. The most common presenting symptom of oral teratoma is feeding problems. The tumour looks like a mushroom, and was successfully treated with surgery. Feeding returned to normal by removing the mass, and the patient is under follow up for selective operation of the cleft palate. This case is unique because teratoma in a mushroom shape was not reported before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lishui People's Hospital and Lishui Stomatological Hospital. Lishui 323000, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Yin-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jia-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yan-An
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery