Primary Teratoma of the Lesser Sac: Lesser Sac Teratoma

Germ cell tumors predominantly involve the gonads but may rarely be found outside of the gonads, primarily in midline structures. We describe the case of a 27-year-old male with an asymptomatic 8 cm teratoma located within the lesser sac of his omentum. This is the fourth case of a teratoma located...

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Autores principales: Hardesty, Brandon M., Ulbright, Thomas M., Touloukian, Christopher, Einhorn, Lawrence H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/604571
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author Hardesty, Brandon M.
Ulbright, Thomas M.
Touloukian, Christopher
Einhorn, Lawrence H.
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description Germ cell tumors predominantly involve the gonads but may rarely be found outside of the gonads, primarily in midline structures. We describe the case of a 27-year-old male with an asymptomatic 8 cm teratoma located within the lesser sac of his omentum. This is the fourth case of a teratoma located within the lesser sac of the omentum, which provides the opportunity to make some comparisons. Finally, we discuss some of the etiologic theories behind extragonadal germ cell tumors and how they relate to teratomas in the lesser sac.
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spelling pubmed-33502002012-05-17 Primary Teratoma of the Lesser Sac: Lesser Sac Teratoma Hardesty, Brandon M. Ulbright, Thomas M. Touloukian, Christopher Einhorn, Lawrence H. Case Rep Oncol Med Case Report Germ cell tumors predominantly involve the gonads but may rarely be found outside of the gonads, primarily in midline structures. We describe the case of a 27-year-old male with an asymptomatic 8 cm teratoma located within the lesser sac of his omentum. This is the fourth case of a teratoma located within the lesser sac of the omentum, which provides the opportunity to make some comparisons. Finally, we discuss some of the etiologic theories behind extragonadal germ cell tumors and how they relate to teratomas in the lesser sac. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3350200/ /pubmed/22606456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/604571 Text en Copyright © 2012 Brandon M. Hardesty et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hardesty, Brandon M.
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Einhorn, Lawrence H.
Primary Teratoma of the Lesser Sac: Lesser Sac Teratoma
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title_full Primary Teratoma of the Lesser Sac: Lesser Sac Teratoma
title_fullStr Primary Teratoma of the Lesser Sac: Lesser Sac Teratoma
title_full_unstemmed Primary Teratoma of the Lesser Sac: Lesser Sac Teratoma
title_short Primary Teratoma of the Lesser Sac: Lesser Sac Teratoma
title_sort primary teratoma of the lesser sac: lesser sac teratoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/604571
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