Epignathus teratoma: report of three cases with a review of the literature.
Three cases of epignathus teratoma associated with other midline anomalies are reported. The first case involved Pierre Robin sequence and a bifid tongue. The second case was characterized by two teratomas, a meningoencephalocele, and a cleft lip and nose. The third case had Pierre Robin sequence associated with duplication of the pituitary gland and hypoplasia of the corpus callosum.
Vandenhaute
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Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques A, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France.
Leteurtre
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E
Lecomte-Houcke
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Pellerin
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Nuyts
J P
JP
Cuisset
J M
JM
Soto-Ares
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G
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000002:abnormalities; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities