2017
DOI: 10.4103/jpn.jpn_188_16
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Is it the monster “teratoma” or simply meningomyelocele: Our experience of “histological surprise”

Abstract: Teratomas are one of the most common tumors in newborn with excellent prognosis arises from totipotent primordial germ cells harboring two or three germ cell layers. The tumor has been titled “Great masquerade.” The teratomas of sacrococcygeal region present with lower limb weakness, urinary or bowel obstruction, and swelling at lower back or intrauterine mass in ultrasound or complicated delivery. A 2-month-old male child presented with complaints of swelling over lumbosacral region with discharging punctum s… Show more

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