[Congenital gastric teratoma in a premature newborn infant].
The third published case of gastric teratoma from Mexico, is reported. A premature newborn male infant was operated on at the age of 37 days. A 250 g. mass was excised from the anterior gastric wall together with a third of the stomach. After a 5 year follow-up the patient is asymptomatic. The characteristics of 48 additional cases collected from world literature are described. A general review of germ-cell tumors in the stomach, is also exposed.
D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery
Teratoma gástrico congénito en un recién nacido prematuro.