1991
Obstructing Nasopharyngeal Teratoma in the Neonate: A Report of Two Cases
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“…This is especially important, as polyps <3 cm are commonly missed on physical exam, and therefore pose a greater chance of leading to obstruction . Fine‐needle aspiration has been advocated as a means to establish a diagnosis in these lesions . However, in our experience, we found MRI to be useful for evaluating these lesions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…This is especially important, as polyps <3 cm are commonly missed on physical exam, and therefore pose a greater chance of leading to obstruction . Fine‐needle aspiration has been advocated as a means to establish a diagnosis in these lesions . However, in our experience, we found MRI to be useful for evaluating these lesions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…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.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They are composed of tissues that are derived from all three germinal cell layers. The treatment for nasopharyngeal teratomas is complete surgical excision 7 . Emergency surgical excision should be undertaken if the airway is compromised.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…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.…”
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confidence: 99%
