Prenatal diagnosis of intracranial teratoma. Prolonged survival after resection of a malignant teratoma diagnosed prenatally by ultrasound: a case report and literature review.
We are reporting a case of an infant with an intracranial malignant teratoma which was diagnosed prenatally by ultrasound at 37 weeks of gestational age. After a cesarean delivery, the resection of the tumor was performed at 24 h of age. This infant is currently the oldest reported survivor that carries this prenatal diagnosis. He is also the first reported infant with surgical intervention for an intracranial malignant teratoma diagnosed prenatally.
Division of Pediatric Neurology Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11047.
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Schneider
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Grossman
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
D002998:Clonazepam; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D010634:Phenobarbital