title: Multiple intraoral teratoma in a newborn infant: epignathus.
abstract: Teratomas originating from the oral cavity are named as epignathus. It is a rare type of teratoma. An 11-day old male newborn was diagnosed with cleft palate and intraoral masses. The mass on the right side was protruding from the mouth. Another one on the left side was extending from the nasopharynx to the oropharynx. The diagnosis of mature teratoma was made based on the histopathological study of surgically excised masses. We desired to report on this case since multiple localized epignatus in a newborn with cleft palate has not been described yet in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: Galip K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Gunay
authors.forename: Mustafa Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Akin
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: Fatos
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tekelioglu
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coban
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000473:pathology*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome