Os teratomas fazem parte, na classificação de Sweet 11 , dos tumores congênitos do sistema nervoso, ao lado dos angiomas e dos tumores originá-rios de estruturas primitivas (cordomas e tumores do ducto hipofisário). Não nos alongaremos em comentários sôbre os tumores congênitos; Canelas e col.
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