Teratoma congénito benigno de localización atípica / Benign congenital teratoma atypical location
Dermatol. pediatr. latinoam. (Impr.)
; 8(2): 27-31, mayo-ago. 2010. ilus
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RESUMEN
Los teratomas de la región occipitocervical son poco frecuentes y sólo se ha comunicado un pequeño número de casos. Se presenta el caso de un neonato femenino de 48 horas de vida que nace con una tumoración pediculada, eritemato-violácea con aspecto fibroangiomatoide, de aproximadamente 3 cm de diámetro y consistencia duro-elástica, en la región occipito- cervical del cuero cabelludo. El diagnóstico histopatológico fue de teratoma benigno.
ABSTRACT
Teratomas in the occipitocervical region occur very rarely and only a small number of cases have been reported. We hereby present a case of a 48-hour-old female neonate who was born presenting a pediculated tumor in the occipitocervical region of the scalp. The lesion was an erythemato-purplish tumor of hard-elastic consistency, with a fibroangiomatous-like aspect, of approximately 3 cm in diameter. The histopathologic diagnosis was consistent with a benign teratoma.
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Main subject:
Teratoma
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Brain Neoplasms
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Newborn
Language:
Es
Journal:
Dermatol. pediatr. latinoam. (Impr.)
Journal subject:
DERMATOLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Year:
2010
Type:
Article