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Case report
Congenital tongue base lipoblastoma causing neonatal airway compromise
  1. Ming Hui Wan1,
  2. Tengku Ezulia Tengku Nun Ahmad1,
  3. Manimalar Selvi Naicker2 and
  4. Mohd Zulkiflee Abu Bakar1
  1. 1Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  2. 2Department of Pathology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ming Hui Wan; minghuirulz{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Lipoblastomas are benign tumours of immature fat cells presenting in infancy. A lipoblastoma within the airway lumen causing airway compromise is an extremely rare occurrence. We present a 6 hours of life girl who had airway compromise due to a lobulated mass at the base of the tongue. The mass was excised after emergency endotracheal intubation.

  • ear
  • nose and throat/otolaryngology
  • congenital disorders
  • otolaryngology / ENT

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-239554

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MHW (main author): draft and final manuscript, literature review, discussion, follow-up review and revision. TETNA: manuscript review and critical reading. MZAB: conception, treating surgeon and critical reading. MSN: pathology slides and description.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Parental/guardian consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.