Nmadu P T
Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria.
East Afr Med J. 1993 Jul;70(7):464-5.
Teratoid tumours of the oropharynx are notorious for obstructing the airways and interfering with alimentation. We report here a healthy 20-day old neonate who presented with a painless growth in the floor of the mouth from birth. In this neonate, the tumour interfered with breast-feeding but not with bottle-feeding which the child tolerated very well. At operation, the tumour was easily enucleated, weighed 6G and was histologically consistent with a teratoma. The commonest site for this tumour is the nasopharynx and only 26 oropharyngeal teratomas have been reported in the English literature. The differential diagnosis of congenital oral growths should include a teratoma.
口咽畸胎瘤因阻塞气道和妨碍进食而声名狼藉。我们在此报告一名健康的20日龄新生儿，自出生起口底就有无痛性肿物。在这名新生儿中，肿瘤妨碍母乳喂养，但不妨碍奶瓶喂养，孩子对奶瓶喂养耐受良好。手术时，肿瘤很容易被摘除，重6克，组织学检查符合畸胎瘤。该肿瘤最常见的部位是鼻咽部，英文文献中仅报道过26例口咽畸胎瘤。先天性口腔肿物的鉴别诊断应包括畸胎瘤。
