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Oral teratoma (epignathus) with intracranial extension: a report of two cases
N M Smith1, S E Chambers, V R Billson
1Department of Paediatric, Pathology and Cytogenetics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, U.K.
Prenatal Diagnosis
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
Epignathi are unusual congenital tumours presenting as oropharyngeal masses, often resulting in rapid asphyxia following birth. Occasionally, intracranial extension of the tumour is present, and two such cases are described. The presence of this complication, diagnosable by ultrasound examination, indicates that aggressive surgical treatment is inappropriate.