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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 6
| Issue : 2 | Page : 118-120 |
Transalar transphenoidal meningoencephalocele: A rare cause of respiratory distress in a neonate
Dipti Kumar1, Anu Maheshwari1, B Rath1, Akshay Kapoor1, Ajay Sharma2, Praveen Kumar1, S Basu1
1 Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Neurosurgery, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Anu Maheshwari
Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Bangla Sahib Marg, New Delhi - 110 001
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.92829
Respiratory distress in an infant is a common cause of admission in neonatal intensive care facility. Obstructive lesions of the airway constitute a minority of problems in the new born but present a diagnostic challenge. We present a 30-day-old male infant admitted with respiratory distress who was diagnosed to have an oropharyngeal cystic mass which on further evaluation by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a transalar transsphenoidal meningoencephalocele herniating into the oral cavity through a congenital split palate. The patient was operated successfully using a transpalatal approach leading to complete resolution of respiratory distress.
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