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KMID : 0357919770110030237
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Korean Journal of Pathology
1977 Volume.11 No. 3 p.237 ~ p.242
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A Case of Intracranial Malignant Teratoma
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Abstract
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Intracranial teratomas and teratoid tumors are rare, constituting about 0.5% of the
total Except germinomas or atypical teratomas, malignant teratomas almost always
dysplay some tissue elements which are embriologically immature. Predilection sites of
intracranial teratomas are the pineal body, the pituitary region and the posterior fossa in
order of frequency.
We have reported a case of malignant teratoma experienced in a 16 year-old boy who
disclosed occipital headache and dizziness for 3 weeks. The tumor was located at the
roof of the third ventricle and resulted in hydrocephalus.
Histopathologically, were there variegated structures such as irregular glandular
structures which were lined by a single or multiple layers of polygonal or spindle cells.
A gland lined by cells having acidophilic secretory material in their cytoplasms and
myxoid spindle cells suggesting immature mesenchymal tissue were also encountered.
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