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8194563

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a neonate with a large tumour involving cranial, cervical and upper mediastinal regions, which presented clinically as hygroma colli. Radiological and pathological investigations showed characteristics of a mature teratoma and prominent cystic components within the tumour. These findings suggest that during early fetal development primary lymphatic sacs were obstructed by a teratoma leading to hygromatous dilatations of lymphatic vessels or that the abnormal proliferation of lymphatic vessels (hygroma) was part of the teratoma, developing from mesoderm as one of the three germinal layers from which teratomas originate. A third possibility is that the cystic part of the tumour originated from plexus chorioideus tissue, containing CSF. The last possibility is most probable in this patient.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0340-6199
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
153
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
276-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Neonatal teratoma presenting as hygroma colli.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports