Autoamputation of congenital hairy polyp in neonate with stridor and respiratory failure

ABSTRACT

Hairy polyp of the oronasopharynx is an uncommon developmental malformation that is most frequently seen as a pedunculated tumor in the neonate. Derived from the ectoderm and mesoderm, this benign tumor generally has been classified as dermoid. We describe a neonate with a hairy polyp originating from the right lateral pharyngeal wall causing significant respiratory distress with cyanosis and stridor immediately after birth. Symptoms in the neonate disappeared following autoamputation of the mass. To our knowledge, this is the third case described in literature, with full following autoamputation of a hairy polyp