Nasopharyngeal teratoma and mosaic tetrasomy 1q detected at amniocentesis - A case report and review of the literature

Authors
Beverstock, GC Mollevanger, P Baaij, M Lind, J van Ieperen, L Bartelings, MM Teunissen, K Brandenburg, H Van Opstal, D Los, F
Citation
Gc. Beverstock et al., Nasopharyngeal teratoma and mosaic tetrasomy 1q detected at amniocentesis - A case report and review of the literature, CANC GENET, 115(1), 1999, pp. 11-18
Citations number
78
Categorie Soggetti
Onconogenesis & Cancer Research
Journal title
CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS
ISSN journal
01654608 → ACNP
Volume
115
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
11 - 18
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-4608(199911)115:1<11:NTAMT1>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The occurrence of nasopharyngeal teratomas (NPT) is an infrequent event and prenatal detection of such tumors is even rarer. We present a case report and review of the literature (N = 78 cases), in which we describe the cytog enetic, DNA, and pathological findings of a fetus with a mature NPT which w as detected prenatally by ultrasound investigation following complaints of severe polyhydramnios by the mother. (C) Elsevier Science Inc., 1999. All r ights reserved.