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Bilateral cystic pulmonary glial heterotopia and palatinal teratoma causing respiratory distress in an infant

Harald EufingerMaria BeckRalf-bodo TröbsWiltrud CoerdtAndrea TannapfelPetra DettmerLeon Rossler

subject

AdultLung DiseasesMalePathologymedicine.medical_specialtyChoristomaFunctional LateralityPathogenesisGlial nodulesmedicineHumansAbnormalities MultipleRespiratory Distress Syndrome NewbornPalatal NeoplasmsLungRespiratory distressCystsbusiness.industryInfant NewbornTeratomaNeuroglial HeterotopiaBrainInfantHistologyGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseHeterotopia (medicine)medicine.anatomical_structurePediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthFemaleSurgeryTeratomaTomography X-Ray ComputedbusinessNeuroglia

description

We report on a male infant with extensive, bilateral cystic and solid lung lesions who presented postnatally with respiratory distress caused by bilateral cystic lung lesions. Parenchyma-sparing resections were performed. Histology revealed the presence of neuroglial cell-lined cysts and glial nodules. In addition, a neural element containing palatinal teratoma was detected and excised. Based on previously published cases, the pathogenesis and clinical features of pulmonary neuroglial heterotopia are discussed.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.07.033