Congenital immature teratoma of the tongue: an autopsy case.
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.
Yoon
Jung Hoon
JH
Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. jhyoon@chosun.ac.kr
Kim
Jin
J
Park
Chanil
C
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