Manchali Murali Mohan, Sharabu Chandrahasa, Latha Meher, Kumar Leela
Department of Radiology, Metro Diagnostic Centre, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Department of Radiology, Manju Sudha Hospital, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
J Clin Imaging Sci. 2014 Mar 21;4:15. doi: 10.4103/2156-7514.129261. eCollection 2014.
Oropharyngeal teratomas are extremely rare congenital tumors and have an incidence rate of one in 35,000-200,000 newborn babies/neonates. Oropharyngeal teratomas may cause life threatening airway obstruction to a newborn. Early diagnosis with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is essential to plan management. Here, we present a rare case of oropharyngeal true teratoma diagnosed with MRI antenatally in a fetus at 34 weeks of gestation in a 25-year-old female who was being evaluated for polyhydraminos. We found MRI to be more helpful for antenatal diagnosis, counseling, and management than ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT).
口咽畸胎瘤是极其罕见的先天性肿瘤,在35000 - 200000例新生儿/新生儿中发病率为1例。口咽畸胎瘤可能会对新生儿造成危及生命的气道梗阻。通过超声和磁共振成像(MRI)进行早期诊断对于制定治疗方案至关重要。在此,我们报告一例罕见的口咽真性畸胎瘤病例,该病例是在一名25岁因羊水过多接受评估的女性妊娠34周时通过胎儿MRI产前诊断出来的。我们发现MRI在产前诊断、咨询和治疗方面比超声检查和计算机断层扫描(CT)更有帮助。