Citation
A. Kreczy et al., TERATOMA OF THE UMBILICAL-CORD - CASE-REPORT WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Archives of pathology and laboratory medicine, 118(9), 1994, pp. 934-937
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,"Medical Laboratory Technology","Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Archives of pathology and laboratory medicine
ISSN journal
00039985
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Volume
118
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
934 - 937
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9985(1994)118:9<934:TOTU-C>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Teratomas of the umbilical cord are very rare lesions. We found only f
ive cases in the literature from 1887 to 1993, the latest reported in
1985. We report a case of a 10x7x5-cm mass located just at the end of
an omphalocele in the umbilical cord of a full-term baby. The mass exh
ibited something like a cranial and a caudal pole, and tissues of all
three germinal layers could be found, but there were no skeletal struc
tures. Therefore, this lesion was diagnosed as a teratoma of the umbil
ical cord. We review the literature and discuss the relationship betwe
en the teratoma of the umbilical cord and the holoacardius amorphus.