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Images in neonatal medicine
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  1. Christoph Bührer1,
  2. Robert Bindermann2,
  3. Kathrin Hauptmann3
  1. 1 Neonatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  2. 2 Pediatrics, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
  3. 3 Pathology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  1. Correspondence to Professor Christoph Bührer; christoph.buehrer{at}charite.de

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2023-326626

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    A female newborn infant presented in the delivery room with a soft appendage protruding from her mouth, connected to the left oropharynx by a thin stalk (figure 1). Her attempts to swallow the object and gagging stopped after fixing it to the cheek with an adhesive bandage. MRI showed a fatty tissue core surrounded by an epithelial …

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors CB is the primary author of the article. The infant was first diagnosed by RB, who also took the submitted photograph. KH performed the histological examination.

    • 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.

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