title: Congenital nasopharyngeal teratoma causing airway obstruction in the newborn.
abstract: Teratomas are the most common congenital tumors, but teratomas of the nasopharynx are rare in neonates. The present report is about an 18-day-old girl child with a nasopharyngeal teratoma protruding from the oral cavity. The tumor almost completely obstructed the airways and necessitated immediate intervention. The tumor was successfully removed by the transpalatal route. Histological examination showed that it was a mature teratoma. The case with its related differential diagnosis is discussed here.
authors.forename: Mou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Debashish
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Shatavisha Das
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Suchandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Uttara
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Chhanda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Datta
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology