Epignathus with oropharynx destruction

Epignathus, is a rare oropharyngeal teratoma arising from the head and neck region. Sporadic cases have been described with associated intracerebral teratoma. Even more infrequent and extraordinary is the circumstance of a teratoma with oropharynx destruction. We describe the case of a fetus with ph...

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Autores principales: Pellegrini, Valerio, Colasurdo, Francesco, Guerriero, Massimiliano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo 2021
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Autopsy Case Report and Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8232380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34249796
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2021.293
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author Pellegrini, Valerio
Colasurdo, Francesco
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description Epignathus, is a rare oropharyngeal teratoma arising from the head and neck region. Sporadic cases have been described with associated intracerebral teratoma. Even more infrequent and extraordinary is the circumstance of a teratoma with oropharynx destruction. We describe the case of a fetus with pharyngeal mass that completely destroyed the oral cavity. The histological examination revealed an immature teratoma (G3); only one other G3 case has been described.
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spelling pubmed-82323802021-07-09 Epignathus with oropharynx destruction Pellegrini, Valerio Colasurdo, Francesco Guerriero, Massimiliano Autops Case Rep Autopsy Case Report and Review Epignathus, is a rare oropharyngeal teratoma arising from the head and neck region. Sporadic cases have been described with associated intracerebral teratoma. Even more infrequent and extraordinary is the circumstance of a teratoma with oropharynx destruction. We describe the case of a fetus with pharyngeal mass that completely destroyed the oral cavity. The histological examination revealed an immature teratoma (G3); only one other G3 case has been described. Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo 2021-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8232380/ /pubmed/34249796 http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2021.293 Text en Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Epignathus with oropharynx destruction
title Epignathus with oropharynx destruction
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title_full_unstemmed Epignathus with oropharynx destruction
title_short Epignathus with oropharynx destruction
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topic Autopsy Case Report and Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8232380/
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