Anti-N-methyl-D aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is often accompanied with ovarian teratomas. It has a variety of clinical manifestations including psychiatric symptoms, seizure, and motor dysfunctions. The diagnosis can be definite when symptoms are present anti-NMDAR antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid detected. However, patients suspected teratomas, early surgery may help the outcome ev...

A wide array of tissues derived from all the three germinal layers is seen in ovarian teratomas. Among these, thyroid tissue is present in 10% cases of all mature cystic teratomas. We report this case of Hashimoto's thyroiditis in a clinically euthyroid patient who tested positive for antithyroid peroxidase antibodies in spite of normal thyroid hormone profile. While the histological features o...

Teratomas were induced by the transfer of mouse blastocysts (C3H and 129/J strains) and egg-cylinders (C3H) to extra-uterine sites. C3H and 129/J blastocysts cultured in vitro for 4 or 5 days could also form teratomas in extra-uterine sites. Four transplantable teratomas, or teratocarcinomas, were derived from C3H embryos; embryoid bodies were derived from each line. The differentiative capacit...

It is usually assumed that in the case of sacrococcygeal teratoma the concentration of alphafetoprotein in the amniotic fluid is increased. In the case reported here the AFP concentration in the amniotic fluid was found to be normal in spite of a large teratoma not covered with skin. Possible reasons for this are discussed and the histological characteristics of the tumour are reported. It is e...

OBJECTIVE To study the comparison between the primary closure and open technique after excision of chronic sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus. METHODS A randomized study was designed and 77 patients with chronic sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus were included in this study. This study took place in Rizgary Teaching Hospital, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq, from January 1997 to August 2003. The patients were...

Athena is fascinated by the tailbone (coccyx) for more than one reason: it is named poetically after the beak of a cuckoo; it is the key Darwinian link between the tail of primates and the tailless Homo sapiens; notwithstanding its tiny size it plays a vital role in anal continence by giving attachment to anal sphincters; and above all it harbors totipotent stem cells giving rise to a peculiar ...

BACKGROUND Cranio-spinal axis teratomas are rare. This subset is interesting because symptoms can be varied, depending on the location. Histopathology is diagnostic; most of the lesions are benign. Rarely, malignancy develops in any of the somatic components. AIMS To study the demographic, clinico-morphological and follow-up data of central nervous system (CNS) teratomas. MATERIALS AND METH...