HETEROTOPIC NEUROGLIAL TISSUE LEADING TO AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION IN NEWBORNS: A CASE REPORT
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Heterotopic neuroglial tissue which comprises of well differentiated neuroectodermal cells represents developmental heterotopia of neuroglial tissue rather than true neoplasm. Fewer than 30 cases have been reported in the medical literature1. Herein, we present a patient with submandibular heterotopic neuroglial tissue who presented to the emergency department with respiratory distress and feeding difficulty in the first week of her neonatal period. The lesion was resected and post operatively confirmed histologically as heterotopic neuroglial tissue.
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Dr. M. Nupur
Postgraduate Trainee III year, M.S. General Surgery, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh
Dr. Manoj Gogoi
Assistant Professor, M.S., M.Ch, Paediatric Surgery, Assam Medical College and Hospital
Prof. Dr. Jishan Ahmed
Professor, M.S. General Surgery, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh
Dr. Siddhartha Sankar Konwar
Associate Professor, Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh
,Dr. David Pegu
Associate Professor, M.S. General Surgery, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh
Dr. Dhrubajit Gogoi
Assistant Professor, M.S. General Surgery, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh