HIGHLY DIFFERENTIATED TERATOMA AND FETUS-IN-FETU - A SINGLE PATHOLOGY

Authors
DELAGAUSIE P COCCI SDN STEMPFLE N TRUONG QD VUILLARD E FERKADJI L AIGRAIN Y
Citation
P. Delagausie et al., HIGHLY DIFFERENTIATED TERATOMA AND FETUS-IN-FETU - A SINGLE PATHOLOGY, Journal of pediatric surgery, 32(1), 1997, pp. 115-116
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of pediatric surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223468
Volume
32
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
115 - 116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3468(1997)32:1<115:HDTAF->2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A case of sacrococcygeal teratoma is presented with characteristics of fetus-in-fetu. This pseudo-fetus presented a rudimentary single cavit y heart, which beat at a different rate to that of the affected infant . X-ray examination showed no spinal column. This case confirms that f etus in fetu can be a remarkably complex, well-differentiated, highly organized teratoma. Copyright (C) 1997 by W.B. Saunders Company