Nasal glial heterotopia in children: Two case reports and literature review

Yang-Yan Yan; Zhi-Ying Zhou; Jing Bi; Yong Fu

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109728

Nasal glial heterotopia in children: Two case reports and literature review

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Feb:129:109728. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109728. Epub 2019 Oct 15.

Authors

Yang-Yan Yan¹, Zhi-Ying Zhou¹, Jing Bi¹, Yong Fu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Binsheng Road 3333, Hangzhou, China.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Binsheng Road 3333, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address: 1307022@zju.edu.cn.

PMID: 31739082
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109728

Abstract

Nasal glial heterotopia is a rare developmental anomaly. We present two cases of nasal glial heterotopia. The presenting symptoms, imaging findings, treatment, histological appearance, and follow-up are described in detail. We additionally reviewed all pediatric cases of nasal glial heterotopia published between 1980 and 2018 in the PubMed and Baidu Scholar databases. We identified 60 pediatric patients (36 [60%] boys). The main symptoms were nasal congestion and open-mouth breathing. Treatment was successful in all patients, and the recurrence rate was low (3/60, 5%). Nasal glial heterotopia requires multidisciplinary management but has a good prognosis.

Keywords: Children; Congenital nasal lesion; Encephalocele; Glial heterotopia; Nasal.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Choristoma / complications
Choristoma / diagnosis*
Choristoma / surgery*
Female
Humans
Infant
Mouth Breathing / etiology
Nasal Obstruction / etiology
Neuroglia*
Nose Diseases / complications
Nose Diseases / diagnosis*
Nose Diseases / surgery*