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Nasopharyngeal teratocarcinosarcoma
Brian Rotenberg1, Hamdy El-Hakim, Abhay Lodha
1Department of Otolaryngology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada.
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
|January 15, 2002
Abstract:
Congenital germ cell tumors are uncommon. The most common site of origin is in the saccrococygeal region. Teratomas arising from the head and neck comprise a small proportion of this entity, and of these, nasopharyngeal lesions are rare. Also known by various synonyms such as hamartoma and hairy polyp, the teratoma is a well-recognized, and generally benign, clinical and histopathological entity. We present a case of a nasopharyngeal teratocarcinosarcoma associated with a cleft palate and the congenital replacement or absence of the ipsilateral Eustachian tube.