Pelvic teratoma with extensive spinal involvement in a neonate: an important differential diagnosis.
A 6-week-old girl presented with an abdominal mass and spinal cord compression. Clinical and radiological features indicated a diagnosis of congenital neuroblastoma. Histology revealed a diagnosis of germ cell tumour after therapy for neuroblastoma had been commenced. This is, to the authors' knowledge, the first reported case of paediatric dumbbell retroperitoneal teratoma.
Wilkins
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Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust, Eaton Road, Liverpool, UK. drsimyuk@yahoo.co.uk
Pilling
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Buxton
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Pizer
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D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D007223:Infant; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000175:diagnosis; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D001761:Bleomycin; D005047:Etoposide; D016190:Carboplatin