MALIGNANT GASTRIC TERATOMA - CASE-REPORT

Authors
BOURKE CJ MACKAY AJ PAYTON D
Citation
Cj. Bourke et al., MALIGNANT GASTRIC TERATOMA - CASE-REPORT, Pediatric surgery international, 12(2-3), 1997, pp. 192-193
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric surgery international → ACNP
ISSN journal
01790358
Volume
12
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
192 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-0358(1997)12:2-3<192:MGT-C>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Gastric teratomas are rare and usually benign. A 4 month old boy prese nted with an abdominal mass and computed tomographic and ultrasound ex amination demonstrated a large multi-loculated tumour which was totall y excised. The pathological diagnosis was of a malignant gastric terat oma and 12-month follow-up was uneventful.