FaCD Online Syndrome Fact Sheet
Last updated: 27 Oct 2009
Name: Nasopharyngeal Teratoma and Diaphragmatic Hernia
Mode of Inheritance: ?
Tumor featuresteratoma, nasopharyngeal
Non-tumor featuresdiaphragmatic hernia
Comment
Turnbull et al reported a patient with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia and a nasopharyngeal teratoma. They also reviewed two other cases and suggested that this combination of features is not a random association but represents a distinct syndrome.[1]
References
[1] Turnbull C, Ruddy D, Barnicoat A. Nasopharyngeal teratoma and diaphragmatic hernia: no longer a random association but a new syndrome? Clin Dysmorphol. 2009 Jul;18(3):131-4.
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