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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2021

Soft palatal mass containing heterotopic neural tissue causing airway obstruction in a Pierre-Robin sequence patient.

David Z Allen, Lucy X Liu, Kelly Turner, Matthew R Greives, Phuong D Nguyen, Soham Roy

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David Z AllenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Lucy X LiuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Kelly TurnerDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Matthew R GreivesDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Phuong D NguyenDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Soham RoyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pierre-Robin sequence (PRS) patients frequently exhibit symptoms of airway obstruction due to multiple etiologies, predominantly from glossoptosis and tongue base obstruction. Rarely, these patients can have palatal mass and even rarer is one of neural origin. To date, there are few reports of heterotopic neural tissue causing airway obstruction in literature, and there are only two reports related to PRS. The objective of this report is to detail a PRS patient with obstructive airway symptoms that resolved after removal of a right-sided soft palatal mass containing heterotopic neural tissue. A 5-month-old boy with a past medical history of cleft palate, PRS status-post-mandibular distraction osteogenesis was hospitalized after continuing respiratory distress. Imaging showed a cystic submucosal mass that arose from the right soft palate. Trans-palatal and trans-oral approaches were applied for the removal. The patient tolerated the procedure well and his obstructive events have resolved at follow-up.

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heterotopic neural tissuepalatal massPierre-Robin sequence

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PMID34992764
PMCPMC8718372
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