Management of a Prenatally Diagnosed Huge Teratoma Arising from the Soft Palate

Management of a Prenatally Diagnosed Huge Teratoma Arising from the Soft Palate

Teratomas arising from the oral cavity are relatively rare and can cause life-threatening airway obstruction immediately after birth. We report a case of a huge teratoma arising from the soft palate detected prenatally. To save the patient, a caesarean section and ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXI...

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Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Tamura, Atsuyuki Yamataka, Tadaharu Okazaki, Yataro Hosoda, Geoffrey J. Lane, Takeshi Miyano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2006-07-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Subjects:
prenatal diagnosis
soft palate
teratoma
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