What is a pharyngeal teratoma?

Pharyngeal teratoma generally refers to a congenital tumor derived from the patient's multidermal tissue.

Pharyngeal teratoma occurs more frequently in infants and young children. When a patient develops pharyngeal teratoma, he may experience snoring, increased nasal secretions, difficulty breathing, difficulty sucking and other uncomfortable symptoms; if the patient does not take corresponding treatment measures in time, his condition will worsen, leading to complications such as sepsis and asphyxia. The cause of pharyngeal teratoma is unknown, and the occurrence of this disease may be related to abnormal differentiation and excessive proliferation of tissues and cells during the embryonic period.