Nasopharyngeal teratoma: Report of a case with prenatal diagnosis and postnatal management

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 587-592

  Williams, Laura J ^a   Yankowitz, Jerome ^a,b   Robinson, Robert A ^a   Benda, Jo Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal neoplasms; Prenatal diagnosis; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOUTH TUMOR; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TERATOMA; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; REOPERATION; TERATOMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030756642     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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