Congenital nasopharyngeal teratoma causing airway obstruction in the newborn

Mou Das, Debashish Mukherjee, Shatavisha Das Gupta, Suchandra Mukherjee, Uttara Chatterjee, Chhanda Datta

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics 2015 11(4):1040-1040

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.

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