title: Pediatric gastric teratoma.
abstract: Neoplasms from germ cell origin are a heterogeneous group of tumors rarely seen in the pediatric population, teratoma is the most frequent among them. They can occur in either gonadal or extragonadal locations. Extragonadal teratoma arising from abdominal viscera is very unusual. There are less than a hundred reported cases of gastric teratoma in the worldwide literature. Since the occurrence of this pathology in the pediatric age group is quite rare, we describe a case of a teratoma located in the lesser curvature of the stomach in an infant with an emphasis in radiologic-pathologic correlation.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Pediatric Surgery. Clínica de Especialidades de la Mujer. Lomas de Sotelo, México.
authors.forename: Marco Cesar
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Valenzuela-Ramos
authors.forename: Ana Luisa
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Mendizábal-Méndez
authors.forename: Carlos Alberto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ríos-Contreras
authors.forename: Claudia Esther
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Montes