title: Intradural lumbar mature teratoma with neuronal and glial tissue component in an adult. Case report.
abstract: A 23-year-old Chinese male patient presented with an extremely rare case of spinal teratoma with neuronal and glial tissue components manifesting as lower back pain and radiating pain to the leg. Subtotal excision of the tumor was conducted. Histological examination revealed a mature teratoma with neuronal and glial tissue components. Initial presentation of spinal teratoma in adulthood is rare. Teratomas show a wide array of organoid tissue differentiation, but neuronal tissue component is uncommon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R.C.
authors.forename: Weiting
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Hanbing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Xiaolong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Weiguo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult