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Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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October 20, 2008
Giant Oral Cavity Teratoma
- Also known as epignathus.
- Benign mature tumor, 1:35,000-200,000 live births
- Attachments: maxilla, pharyngeal walls, and palate
- Differential diagnosis clinically: cystic hygroma, lymphangioma, encephalocele, gastrointestinal duplication cyst, lingual thyroid, hairy nasopharyngeal polyp
- Malignant degeneration is rare and generally seen in adults.
- May be associated with intracranial teratoma.
- Excision is needed to avoid asphyxia.
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