title: [The clinical characters and surgical management of nasopharyngeal teratoma in infants].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe and analyze the clinical characteristics of nasopharyngeal teratoma in infants and improve the levels of diagnosis and treatment to reduce misdiagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 11 cases of nasopharyngeal teratoma in infants were reviewed retrospectively and summarized the clinical features. After the preoperative examination of nasopharyngeal endoscopy and imaging (CT or MRI), all patients were under general anesthesia of nasopharyngeal teratoma surgical resection. Of them, 8 cases were used radiofrequency ablation, 3 cases used conventional power systems.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eleven cases with neoformation were completely removed, the operation time was 5-15 min, blood loss was 1-5 ml, patients had no significant nasal obstruction, bleeding, eating nasopharyngeal regurgitation, breathing difficulties or other complications. No recurrence was found after 10 months to 9 years followed up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nasopharyngeal mass must be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of breathing difficulties in infants, especially when it exists together with upper airway obstruction symptoms; The low-temperature radiofrequency ablation with endoscopic had the advantages of short time, precise control, less bleeding, clear operative field, little injury and pain, low recurrence, providing a new clinical treatments.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Zhinan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhongqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015508:Nasal Obstruction; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000473:pathology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013724:Teratoma / Q000601:surgery*