Renal immature teratoma: A rare entity; A case report and literature review

Teratomas are neoplasms commonly arising from the gonads. Kidney is one of the rare sites of origin of the tumor. Immature intra renal teratoma is even more rare and to date only 4 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a rare case of renal immature teratoma diagnosed in a 6 months ol...

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Autores principales: Shumiye, Yonas Girma, Bushra, Fatuma Yassin, Sirak, Elizabeth Hailemelekot, Wondimagegnehu, Muluken Bekele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7695866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33294378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101495
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Sumario:Teratomas are neoplasms commonly arising from the gonads. Kidney is one of the rare sites of origin of the tumor. Immature intra renal teratoma is even more rare and to date only 4 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a rare case of renal immature teratoma diagnosed in a 6 months old female patient, discuss its pathology and review relevant literature.

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