Neonatal respiratory distress produced by a nasopharyngeal glioma with a persistent craniopharyngeal canal.

Nasopharyngeal gliomas are congenital masses of heterotopic glial tissue. Our case report describes an infant with respiratory distress produced by a nasopharyngeal glioma with a persistent craniopharyngeal canal (CPC). The identification of CPC is important for medical and surgical management of possible pituitary dysfunction and preventing operative and post-operative complications.