A case of immature gastric teratoma in a neonate is being reported here. The neonate was presented with abdominal mass and distension and managed with excision of mass; the patient is doing fine postoperatively.

While mature cystic teratoma of the ovary is the most common ovarian tumor in young women, immature teratoma is a very rare tumor, representing only 1% of all ovarian cancers. In the three cases presented here, young women who were suspected to have mature cystic teratoma, based on CT scan and MRI, were ultimately diagnosed with immature teratoma Ic (b) G1 after laparoscopic operation. They und...

malignant mixed germ cell tumors,though rare overall, are the most common type of malignant ovarian neoplasms in young and adolescent girls. these tumors are rapidly growing and can metastasize. we report a case of 13-yr-old girl who presented at shkm gmc, nalhar, mewat, haryana, india in december 2013 with huge abdominal lump of a malignant mixed germ cell tumor comprising both immature terato...

Teratomas are most common germ cell tumors with two or more germ cell layers. Mature teratomas are common compared to Immature teratomas. These tumors are common in young and adolescent girls and induce large impact on their reproductive life and on the natural life span, which in turn depends upon the complications in case of Mature teratoma; Grading and staging of tumor in Immature teratoma. ...

A teratoma is the most common germ cell tumor in children; however, a gastric teratoma is very rare. An immature gastric teratoma has malignant potential; therefore, it should be removed surgically and followed up routinely to assess for recurrence by performing imaging studies and estimating serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level. We describe the case of a 2-day-old male neonate with abdominal di...

Mature cystic teratoma is one of the most common kinds of ovarian tumor, and immature teratoma is a rare tumor, representing less than 1% of all ovarian teratomas. Although there are some reports about familial occurrences of ovarian tumors, literature concerning the clinical cases of monozygotic twins is rare. We report the 5-year clinical courses of a 12-year-old Japanese girl with a recurren...

Composing of less than 1% of all ovarian cancers, immature teratoma is a malignancy that mainly affects the young. In this report, we present the first case of pathologic fracture of the proximal femur resulting from metastatic bone tumor of ovarian immature teratoma. A 33-year-old Korean female was diagnosed as immature teratoma of stage Ia and grade 3. Eleven months following initial surgery,...