Sacrococcygeal Immature Teratoma in a Twin Pregnancy
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Oligodendroglioma arising in a sacrococcygeal immature teratoma.
Tumors of neuroepithelial origin are extremely rare in teratoma and tend to be derived from glial or primitive neuroectodermal cells. We describe a case of 2- month-old baby girl with an oligodendroglioma arising in an immature teratoma of the sacrococcygeal region. Histologically, the tumor was identical in appearance to low grade oligodendroglioma within the adult brain. Because immature tera...
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عنوان ژورنال: Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1028-4559
DOI: 10.1016/s1028-4559(09)60140-6