Congenital Immature Teratoma of the Retroperitoneum

Congenital teratomas occur in extragonadal locations, the commonest site being the sacrococcygeal region. This report describes a rare case of antenatally detected, large, immature retroperitoneal teratoma. The diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of dealing with such a case have been discussed and...

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Autores principales: Choudhury, Subhasis Roy, Debnath, Pinki R, Pant, Nitin, Chowdhary, Lalita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4422277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023453
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Sumario:Congenital teratomas occur in extragonadal locations, the commonest site being the sacrococcygeal region. This report describes a rare case of antenatally detected, large, immature retroperitoneal teratoma. The diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of dealing with such a case have been discussed and the relevant literature reviewed. The recurrence of the tumor after gross surgical removal indicates a definitive role of administering chemotherapy in such a case.

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