Ovarian mature cystic teratoma containing homunculus: a case report.

We report a partial fetus-like structure (homunculus) in benign ovarian mature cystic teratoma removed from a 23-yr-old female. The cyst displayed various tissues derived from the three germ layers. The homunculus had a distinguished fetal cranial structure with one upper extremity. A partially deve...

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Autores principales: Lee, Yong Ho, Kim, Sung Gun, Choi, Sung Hyuk, Kim, In Sun, Kim, Sun Haeng
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2003
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3055135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14676454
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author Lee, Yong Ho
Kim, Sung Gun
Choi, Sung Hyuk
Kim, In Sun
Kim, Sun Haeng
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Kim, Sung Gun
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description We report a partial fetus-like structure (homunculus) in benign ovarian mature cystic teratoma removed from a 23-yr-old female. The cyst displayed various tissues derived from the three germ layers. The homunculus had a distinguished fetal cranial structure with one upper extremity. A partially developed osteocartilagenous skeleton was identified in the cranial structure of the homunculus. Intracranial structures such as cerebral cortex, retinal pigment, and leptomeninges were extruded from the partially disrupted calvarium.
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spelling pubmed-30551352011-03-15 Ovarian mature cystic teratoma containing homunculus: a case report. Lee, Yong Ho Kim, Sung Gun Choi, Sung Hyuk Kim, In Sun Kim, Sun Haeng J Korean Med Sci Research Article We report a partial fetus-like structure (homunculus) in benign ovarian mature cystic teratoma removed from a 23-yr-old female. The cyst displayed various tissues derived from the three germ layers. The homunculus had a distinguished fetal cranial structure with one upper extremity. A partially developed osteocartilagenous skeleton was identified in the cranial structure of the homunculus. Intracranial structures such as cerebral cortex, retinal pigment, and leptomeninges were extruded from the partially disrupted calvarium. Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2003-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3055135/ /pubmed/14676454 Text en
spellingShingle Research Article
Lee, Yong Ho
Kim, Sung Gun
Choi, Sung Hyuk
Kim, In Sun
Kim, Sun Haeng
Ovarian mature cystic teratoma containing homunculus: a case report.
title Ovarian mature cystic teratoma containing homunculus: a case report.
title_full Ovarian mature cystic teratoma containing homunculus: a case report.
title_fullStr Ovarian mature cystic teratoma containing homunculus: a case report.
title_full_unstemmed Ovarian mature cystic teratoma containing homunculus: a case report.
title_short Ovarian mature cystic teratoma containing homunculus: a case report.
title_sort ovarian mature cystic teratoma containing homunculus: a case report.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3055135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14676454
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