1. Massive congenital intracranial teratoma diagnosed in utero.
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Oi, Shizuo, Tamaki, Norihiko, Kondo, Takeshi, Nakamura, Hidemi, Kudo, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Hisahiko, Sasaki, Matsuto, Matsumoto, Satoshi, Ueda, Yasuo, Katayama, Kazuaki, and Mochizuki, Matsuto
- Abstract
The authors describe a case of congenital intracranial teratoma. The patient was diagnosed to be hydrocephalic at 29 weeks' gestation, and to have a huge intraventricular mass lesion at 34 weeks' gestation. Subsequently, the patient underwent subtotal resection of the mass, resulting in a significant decrease in the remarkably elevated alpha-fetoprotein in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Histological analysis revealed a malignant teratoma, also with alpha-fetoprotein-positive elements in the immunohistochemical study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1990
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