Teratoma of the soft palate with multifocal cyst formation in the tongue and the brain.
We report a case of a solid and cystic teratoma appearing in the soft palate that was associated with a cyst in the tongue and a huge cystic formation in the arachnoid of the brain. Histologically, the tumor of the soft palate contained elements of all three germ layers, with a predominance of mature glial tissues. This typical teratoma and the two other concurrent lesions were all located on the same side of the head, and were thought to have a common embryonic origin. These multifocal tumors may represent an incomplete manifestation of a "teratoma complex".
D001099:Arachnoid / Q000473:pathology*; D001706:Biopsy; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000473:pathology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000473:pathology*