Congenital large maxillary teratoma

Teratoma of the maxilla is a rare entity. Congenital intraoral teratoma occurs in 1:4000 births. It is a benign tumor, although malignancy has been described in adults. A 10-year-old male child with this condition is described in this report. This case illustrates a huge mass on the right side of th...

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Autores principales: Ram, Hari, Rawat, J. D., Devi, Seema, Singh, Nimisha, Paswan, Vimlesh Kr, Malkunje, Laxman R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23833507
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.111394
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author Ram, Hari
Rawat, J. D.
Devi, Seema
Singh, Nimisha
Paswan, Vimlesh Kr
Malkunje, Laxman R.
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Devi, Seema
Singh, Nimisha
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description Teratoma of the maxilla is a rare entity. Congenital intraoral teratoma occurs in 1:4000 births. It is a benign tumor, although malignancy has been described in adults. A 10-year-old male child with this condition is described in this report. This case illustrates a huge mass on the right side of the maxilla. The mass was excised under general anesthesia. Histopathologically, it consisted of all three layers of embryonic elements with predominantly fibrous tissue. Postoperative result was uneventful and no recurrence was detected after 2 years.
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spelling pubmed-37001662013-07-05 Congenital large maxillary teratoma Ram, Hari Rawat, J. D. Devi, Seema Singh, Nimisha Paswan, Vimlesh Kr Malkunje, Laxman R. Natl J Maxillofac Surg Case Report Teratoma of the maxilla is a rare entity. Congenital intraoral teratoma occurs in 1:4000 births. It is a benign tumor, although malignancy has been described in adults. A 10-year-old male child with this condition is described in this report. This case illustrates a huge mass on the right side of the maxilla. The mass was excised under general anesthesia. Histopathologically, it consisted of all three layers of embryonic elements with predominantly fibrous tissue. Postoperative result was uneventful and no recurrence was detected after 2 years. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3700166/ /pubmed/23833507 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.111394 Text en Copyright: © National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Congenital large maxillary teratoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23833507
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.111394
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