title: Congenital immature teratoma of the tongue: an autopsy case.
abstract: Congenital immature teratoma of the tongue is a very rare form of extragonadal teratoma. We report an infant autopsy case of a huge congenital immature teratoma protruding from the tongue of a female infant born to a woman at 28 weeks' gestation of her first pregnancy. The mass obstructed the infant's mouth and produced hydroamnios. Maternal alpha-fetoprotein serum level was elevated and the infant's tumor was identified before birth by ultrasonography. The pregnancy was terminated by cesarean section.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. jhyoon@chosun.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jung Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chanil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D006831:Polyhydramnios / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal