Intracranial monodermal teratoma presenting with growing teratoma syndrome

Intracranial teratomas are rare. We report a case of a purely monodermal teratoma manifesting as intracranial growing teratoma syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of such nature in the literature.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Khoo, B., Ramakonar, H.H., Robbins, P., Honeybul, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5441245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28560020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx038
Descripción
Sumario:Intracranial teratomas are rare. We report a case of a purely monodermal teratoma manifesting as intracranial growing teratoma syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of such nature in the literature.

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