Obstructing Nasopharyngeal Teratoma in the Neonate: A Report of Two Cases

Head and Neck Teratomas in Children: A Case Series

“…According to Batsakis teratoma is composed of tissue foreign to the site of origin and histological representation of all three germ layer [2]. Other germ cell tumors resembling teratoma are hamartoma, choristoma, and dermoid.…”

Neonatal airway lesions: our experience and a review of the literature

“…The treatment for nasopharyngeal teratomas is complete surgical excision. 7 Emergency surgical excision should be undertaken if the airway is compromised. Recurrences are rare and do not occur with complete excision.…”

Nasopharyngeal teratoma: CT and MR findings

“…Other sites are rare: in a series of 254 cases, head and neck teratomas represented 14 cases (5.5 %), with 6 in the anterior or lateral neck, 5 in the face and oropharynx, 2 in the orbit, and only 1 case in the nasopharynx [2]. Teratomas occur most often in infants less than 1 year old, and particularly in neonates [6,7]. The majority of the lesions have been noted at birth because of airway obstruction.…”

“…Recurrences are probably due to incomplete resection as in our case. The treatment of nasopharyngeal teratomas is complete surgical excision [6,13]. Removal of pedunculated lesions is easy.…”