Mature posterior fossa teratoma mimicking infratentorial meningioma: a case report.
Intracranial teratomas are congenital neoplasms mostly diagnosed in the pediatric hood and usually involve supratentorial midline structures. These teratomas, especially those involving the posterior fossa are an uncommon and representing less than 0.5% of all intracranial tumors. We report a case of mature posterior fossa teratoma in an adult patient diagnosed in the 4th decade of life. This lesion was taken for a huge infratentorial meningioma.
Department of neurosurgery, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco. coulibalyb1@hotmail.com
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Coulibaly
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I
El Kacemi
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N
Fatemi
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R
Gana
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A
Saïdi
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R
Maaqili
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M
Jiddane
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F
Bellakhdar
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology