Oropharyngeal true teratoma

Abstract

Oropharyngeal teratoma in newborn is very rare. Here we report a case of oropharyngeal true teratoma where a 17-day-old female baby presented with a protruding mass from oropharynx with episodic respiratory distress and feeding difficulty complicated by aspiration pneumonia, and treated successfully with coordinated team approach.

Proboscis lateralis: A case report of a rare giant craniofacial teratoma in an infant

“…Teratoma is been reported to occur in 1:200,000 live births, of which 2% are craniofacial teratomas. One phenotype of craniofacial teratoma is proboscis lateralis, which can have both intracranial and extracranial malformations [ 11 , 12 ]. Craniofacial teratomas are usually diagnosed prenatally by routine fetal ultrasonography [ 2 , 8 ].…”

“…Advances in microsurgical approaches to the skull base and infratemporal fossa have expanded the ability of craniofacial surgeons to tackle such difficult and challenging cases, while minimizing morbidity and mortality from these tumors [ 3 , 5 , 12 ]. Despite such advances, no report in the literature has described long-term disease-free survival following radical resection.…”

Oropharyngeal teratoma, a rare cause of airway obstruction in neonates

“…Teratomas occur in 1 in 4000 births and display a female predominance 2 5 6. They may originate anywhere along the midline and clinical behaviour varies significantly according to site and size.…”

“…It is proposed that teratomas in the head and neck region developed by pinching off of remnants of the three germinal areas, which become marginated in the normal migratory pathway as the different structures of the head and neck develop. The remnants developed into predetermined organ systems, giving rise to heterotopic tissues encountered 6 7…”