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9781660

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
We herein report an 18-month-old girl who presented with a retroperitoneal mature teratoma that later developed into an endodermal sinus tumor. Her symptoms included an expanding abdominal girth. The serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein were moderately elevated. The excised specimen was a benign mature cystic retroperitoneal teratoma measuring 18 x 11 x 8 cm in size. A hemorrhagic focus measuring 4 cm in diameter was present, which proved to be the focus of an endodermal sinus tumor histologically. The retroperitoneal mature teratoma observed in this case showed malignant germ-cell differentiation. The above case is thought to be extremely rare, but these findings also suggest the possibility of a mature teratoma presenting as a premalignant condition. The sequence of "mature teratoma--germ-cell malignancy" is thus considered to represent a new potential pattern of early phase of carcinogenesis in teratomas.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0046-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1167-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
An endodermal sinus tumor arising from a mature cystic teratoma in the retroperitoneum in a child: is a mature teratoma a premalignant condition?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery II, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports