Malignant cervical teratoma in an adult presenting with impending airway obstruction.
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.
Lukman
Mohd Rashid
MR
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. drlukman@mail.hukm.ukm.my
Jasmi
Ali Yaakub
AY
Sarinah
Basro
B
Nurismah
Md Isa
MI
Aishah
Md Ali Siti
MA
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