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A midline nasopharyngeal heterotopic neuroglial tissue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2006

A Y Al-Ammar ,
H S Al Noumas  and
M Alqahtani
A Y Al-Ammar
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, King Saud University, Faculty of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
H S Al Noumas
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, King Saud University, Faculty of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
M Alqahtani
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, King Saud University, Faculty of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

Glial heterotopia is a rare disorder. However, it must be considered in the differential diagnosis of airway obstruction in the newborn. Differentiation of this lesion from nasal glioma and encephalocele is important.

In this paper we report a midline glial heterotopia, which presented with upper airway obstruction in a newborn. The origin of a glial heterotopia from the midline of the nasopharynx has not been reported before.

We present a review of the literature and discuss the clinical, radiological and pathological features of nasopharyngeal brain heterotopia in an infant.

Keywords

Glioma;Nose;Respiratory Distress SyndromeNewborn
Type
Online Only Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 120 , Issue 7 , July 2006 , pp. 1 - 4 , e25
Copyright
2006 JLO (1984) Limited

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