A craniocervical teratoma with an encephalocele-like appearance.
Teratomas are rare congenital tumors. Teratomas frequently occur in adult     ovaries, but can be located primarily in the sacrococcygeal zone and     intracranial compartment in newborns. Teratomas are rare in the head and neck     region. Teratomas arise following a sequence of cells derived from more than one     germ layer at different regions of the body due to a change in location of germ     cells, and contain ectodermic, endodermic, and mesodermic tissues. Herein we     detail the follow-up and treatment of a newborn with a mass that was located at     the back of the head and was referred to our Neurosurgery Clinic with a     pathologic diagnosis of a grade II-III immature teratoma resembling an     encephalocele.
Yuzuncu Yil University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Van, Turkey.
Nejmi
N
Kiymaz
Ismail
I
Demir
Burhan Oral
BO
Gudu
D004677:Encephalocele / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed