title: Pharyngeal enterogenous cyst associated with canalis basilaris medianus in a newborn.
abstract: We report the CT and MR characteristics of a newborn with a rare, complex malformation characterised by a large rhinopharyngeal and oropharyngeal enterogenous cyst, associated with an osseous defect of the basiocciput, called canalis basilaris medianus (CBM). A partial herniation of the bulb was demonstrated through the bony defect on the midline. The enterogenous cyst occupied the rhinopharynx and oropharynx, narrowing the pharyngeal lumen and making it difficult for the introduction of an orotracheal tube.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Neuroradiology, Depertment of Radiological Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. rosa.morabito85@hotmail.it
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morabito
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nozza
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Granata
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography