Case series of congenital heterotopic neuroglial tissue in the parapharyngeal space.
Cases of congenital heterotopic tissue presenting in the head and neck are frequent in the pediatric otolaryngology literature. Heterotopic glioneuronal tissue is rare and fewer than 20 cases of heterotopic glioneuronal tissue in the parapharyngeal space have been reported. We present two cases of infant children who were seen at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in 2013 with glioneuronal heterotopic masses in the parapharyngeal space.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: dfc13@uw.edu.
Daniel
D
Chen
Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3105 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
Kavita
K
Dedhia
Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3105 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
John
J
Ozolek
Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3105 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
Deepak
D
Mehta
D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology*; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology*
Heterotopic glioneuronal tissue; Neuroglial heterotopia; Parapharyngeal space