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A rare case of congenital nasopharyngeal teratoma presenting with respiratory distress

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Teratomas of the head and neck are rare, benign neoplasms, usually presenting in the neonatal period and are often malignant with regard to their location. Teratomas occur with a frequency of one in 4,000 live births with head and neck teratomas accounting for <5% of the total. Extensive literature search has shown that there are only two cases congenital nasopharyngeal teratoma reported in India, and we report the third such case.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002, India

    Kajal Kiran Dhingra, Namrata Setia & Nita Khurana

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Dhingra, K.K., Setia, N. & Khurana, N. A rare case of congenital nasopharyngeal teratoma presenting with respiratory distress. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 62, 329–331 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-010-0081-x

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