title: Malignant cervical teratoma in an adult presenting with impending airway obstruction.
abstract: Extragonadal teratomas and germ cell tumours are uncommon. Most teratomas of the head and neck present in the paediatric age group. Occurrence of such tumours in an adult is extremely rare and, to date, less than 40 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a young man presenting with impending airway obstruction secondary to a malignant teratoma of the neck.
authors: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. drlukman@mail.hukm.ukm.my
authors: Mohd Rashid
authors: MR
authors: Lukman
authors: Ali Yaakub
authors: AY
authors: Jasmi
authors: Basro
authors: B
authors: Sarinah
authors: Md Isa
authors: MI
authors: Nurismah
authors: Md Ali Siti
authors: MA
authors: Aishah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome