title: Congenital facial teratoma in a neonate: Surgical management and outcome.
abstract: Teratomas are among the most common tumors of childhood, but craniofacial teratomas are rare. They can be diagnosed antenatally. Craniofacial teratomas may cause airway obstruction in the newborn. We present a case of a newborn male child who was diagnosed to have a facial tumor in the 8(th) month of gestation. He was delivered normally and had no respiratory or feeding difficulties. He was also found to have a cleft palate. Serum alpha fetoprotein levels were normal. He underwent excision on day of life 9. At 11 months follow-up, he is well with no evidence of recurrence and good functional outcome.
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, LTMGH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Geeta
authors: G
authors: Kekre
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, LTMGH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Abhaya
authors: A
authors: Gupta
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, LTMGH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Paras
authors: P
authors: Kothari
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, LTMGH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Vishesh
authors: V
authors: Dikshit
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, LTMGH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Prashant
authors: P
authors: Patil
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, LTMGH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Shahji
authors: S
authors: Deshmukh
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, LTMGH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Apoorva
authors: A
authors: Kulkarni
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, LTMGH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Aditi
authors: A
authors: Deshpande
keywords: Antenatal; cleft palate; excision; facial teratoma; neonate