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Immature teratoma of the posterior fossa in an infant: case report

Teratoma is a rare tumor of the central nervous system that belongs to intracranial germ cell tumors. We report a 2-month-old male child with an immature teratoma of the posterior fossa. Physical and laboratory examinations were normal. Though a radiologic examination was characteristic for this neo...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Rui-Ping, Chen, Jing, Hu, Xiao-Li, Fang, Yu-Lian, Cai, Chun-Quan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6666353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31384148
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2019.97957
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author Zhang, Rui-Ping
Chen, Jing
Hu, Xiao-Li
Fang, Yu-Lian
Cai, Chun-Quan
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Chen, Jing
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description Teratoma is a rare tumor of the central nervous system that belongs to intracranial germ cell tumors. We report a 2-month-old male child with an immature teratoma of the posterior fossa. Physical and laboratory examinations were normal. Though a radiologic examination was characteristic for this neoplasm, it was insufficient to make a definite diagnosis. Combining the radiologic findings with a histopathologic examination contributed to diagnosing immature teratoma and differentiating it from other subtypes of intracranial germ cell tumors. Our aim was to provide a greater understanding of immature teratoma by reporting this case.
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spelling pubmed-66663532019-08-05 Immature teratoma of the posterior fossa in an infant: case report Zhang, Rui-Ping Chen, Jing Hu, Xiao-Li Fang, Yu-Lian Cai, Chun-Quan Turk Pediatri Ars Case Report Teratoma is a rare tumor of the central nervous system that belongs to intracranial germ cell tumors. We report a 2-month-old male child with an immature teratoma of the posterior fossa. Physical and laboratory examinations were normal. Though a radiologic examination was characteristic for this neoplasm, it was insufficient to make a definite diagnosis. Combining the radiologic findings with a histopathologic examination contributed to diagnosing immature teratoma and differentiating it from other subtypes of intracranial germ cell tumors. Our aim was to provide a greater understanding of immature teratoma by reporting this case. Kare Publishing 2019-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6666353/ /pubmed/31384148 http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2019.97957 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Turkish Archives of Pediatrics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
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Zhang, Rui-Ping
Chen, Jing
Hu, Xiao-Li
Fang, Yu-Lian
Cai, Chun-Quan
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title Immature teratoma of the posterior fossa in an infant: case report
title_full Immature teratoma of the posterior fossa in an infant: case report
title_fullStr Immature teratoma of the posterior fossa in an infant: case report
title_full_unstemmed Immature teratoma of the posterior fossa in an infant: case report
title_short Immature teratoma of the posterior fossa in an infant: case report
title_sort immature teratoma of the posterior fossa in an infant: case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6666353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31384148
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2019.97957
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