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Gastric teratoma in a 6-month-old boy

Author(s) -

Peer Wildbrett,

Hagen Graf Einsiedel,

Björn Lange,

Holger N. Lode,

Winfried Barthlen

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

african journal of paediatric surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 0189-6725

pISSN - 0974-5998

DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.93315

Subject(s) - medicine , teratoma , germ cell tumors , immature teratoma , malignant transformation , surgical excision , mature teratoma , histopathological examination , pathology , surgery , chemotherapy

Gastric teratomas are very rare embryonal neoplasms, accounting for 2.6% of all perinatal diagnosed germ cell tumours. About 85% are well-differentiated mature lesions and about 15% are immature tumours with the potential of malignant transformation. The recommended therapy for gastric teratomas is surgical excision. We present the case of a 6-month-old boy with an incidentally detected epigastric mass. The histological examination revealed a mature gastric teratoma. The diagnostic imaging, therapy and postoperative follow-up are discussed.

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