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Epignathus with Fetiform Features
Epignathus is an extremely rare oropharyngeal teratoma that commonly arises from the palate, leading to a high mortality (80–100%) due to airway obstruction in the neonatal period. We present a case of epignathus immature teratoma with fetiform features, originating from basisphenoid in a 28-week pr...
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Medknow Publications
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118061/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21701667 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.78571 |
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author | Kumar, Sunil Y Shrikrishna, U Shetty, Jayaprakash Sitaram, Aishwarya |
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description | Epignathus is an extremely rare oropharyngeal teratoma that commonly arises from the palate, leading to a high mortality (80–100%) due to airway obstruction in the neonatal period. We present a case of epignathus immature teratoma with fetiform features, originating from basisphenoid in a 28-week preterm male baby, who succumbed to death immediately after birth. Since epignathus is a life-threatening condition at the time of delivery, a prenatal diagnosis is essential to coordinate the treatment and appropriate management by securing the airway, either by endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy followed by complete resection of the tumor. |
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spelling | pubmed-31180612011-06-23 Epignathus with Fetiform Features Kumar, Sunil Y Shrikrishna, U Shetty, Jayaprakash Sitaram, Aishwarya J Lab Physicians Case Report Epignathus is an extremely rare oropharyngeal teratoma that commonly arises from the palate, leading to a high mortality (80–100%) due to airway obstruction in the neonatal period. We present a case of epignathus immature teratoma with fetiform features, originating from basisphenoid in a 28-week preterm male baby, who succumbed to death immediately after birth. Since epignathus is a life-threatening condition at the time of delivery, a prenatal diagnosis is essential to coordinate the treatment and appropriate management by securing the airway, either by endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy followed by complete resection of the tumor. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3118061/ /pubmed/21701667 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.78571 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Laboratory Physicians http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kumar, Sunil Y Shrikrishna, U Shetty, Jayaprakash Sitaram, Aishwarya Epignathus with Fetiform Features |
title | Epignathus with Fetiform Features |
title_full | Epignathus with Fetiform Features |
title_fullStr | Epignathus with Fetiform Features |
title_full_unstemmed | Epignathus with Fetiform Features |
title_short | Epignathus with Fetiform Features |
title_sort | epignathus with fetiform features |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118061/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21701667 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.78571 |
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