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Nasopharyngeal brain heterotopia – A cause of upper airway obstruction in infancy†
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From the Department of Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Radiology and Pathology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. AR
Abstract
The finding of mature neuroglial tissue in a mass from the head and neck region of a child raises four differential diagnostic possibilities: teratoma, encephalocelc, glioma, and heterotopic brain tissue. We present a review of the literature and discuss the clinical, radiographical, and pathological features of a rare nasopharyngeal brain heterotopia in an infant causing upper airway obstruction.
