Mature Cystic Teratoma of Dorsal Spinal Cord in Adult: An Unusual Lesion

Teratomas are a type of multipotential cell tumor that contain a mixture of multiple germinal layers formed by normal organogenesis and reproductive tissues the incidence of intracranial teratomas is low, approximately 0.5-2.2% of all intracranial tumors. The occurrence of teratomas in the spine is...

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Autores principales: Kharosekar, Hrushikesh Umakant, Naik, Harish, Velho, Vernon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492146
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.181132
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Sumario:Teratomas are a type of multipotential cell tumor that contain a mixture of multiple germinal layers formed by normal organogenesis and reproductive tissues the incidence of intracranial teratomas is low, approximately 0.5-2.2% of all intracranial tumors. The occurrence of teratomas in the spine is extremely rare. Except for in the sacrococcygeal region, teratomas constitute <0.5% of all intraspinal tumors. According to the literature this is only 8(th) case of dorsal spinal mature cystic teratoma reported till date.

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