Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Jan 2015)

Central nervous system teratomas in infants: A report of two cases

  • Shatavisha DasGupta,
  • Sanghamitra Mukherjee,
  • Ram Narayan Das,
  • Anway Sen,
  • Uttara Chatterjee,
  • Chhanda Datta,
  • Sandip Chatterjee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0377-4929.151198
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 1
pp. 89 – 92

Abstract

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Intracranial teratomas are uncommon neoplasms with most of them being encountered in the pediatric age group. Teratomas are composed of derivatives of all the three germ cell layers and are classified into mature, immature and teratoma with malignant transformation. Two cases of intracranial teratomas in infants are presented here with the idea of highlighting this relatively uncommon condition in an uncommon age.

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