Open AccessCentral nervous system teratomas in infants: A report of two cases
Author(s) -
Shatavisha Dasgupta,
Sanghamitra Mukherjee,
Ram Das,
Anway Sen,
Uttara Chatterjee,
Chhanda Datta,
Sandip Chatterjee
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.151198
Subject(s) - teratoma , medicine , germ cell tumors , central nervous system , pathology , chemotherapy
Intracranial teratomas are uncommon neoplasms with most of them being encountered in the pediatric age group. Teratomas are composed of derivatives of all the three germ cell layers and are classified into mature, immature and teratoma with malignant transformation. Two cases of intracranial teratomas in infants are presented here with the idea of highlighting this relatively uncommon condition in an uncommon age.