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Mature intracranial teratoma with meningocele in a lamb

  • Marcus Vinicius Lima Nunes,
  • Karen Yumi Ribeiro Nakagaki,
  • Débora Nunes Procópio Miranda,
  • Lucas Emanuel dos Santos Mesquita,
  • Thaís Aurora Gomes,
  • Maria Raquel Isnard Moulin,
  • Angelica Terezinha Barth Wouters,
  • Flademir Wouters,
  • Djeison Lutier Raymundo,
  • Mary Suzan Varaschin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20200248

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ABSTRACT: This study described the pathological aspects of a mature intracranial teratoma with meningocele in a one-day-old lamb. The diagnosis of mature teratoma was based on microscopic features, where well-differentiated tissues representative of the three germ layers were observed. The tumor consisted of respiratory, gastrointestinal and urinary epithelium as components of the endoderm; muscle and bone tissues as components of the mesoderm; and keratinized stratified squamous epithelium and adnexa as components of the ectoderm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of intracranial teratoma with meningocele in animals.

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