Massive congenital intracranial teratoma diagnosed in utero

✍ Scribed by Shizuo Oi; Norihiko Tamaki; Takeshi Kondo; Hidemi Nakamura; Hiroshi Kudo; Hisahiko Suzuki; Matsuto Sasaki; Satoshi Matsumoto; Yasuo Ueda; Kazuaki Katayama; Matsuto Mochizuki

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 889 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0256-7040
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00302094

✦ Synopsis

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.