Immature Teratoma of the Palm: A Rare Site of Presentation
| Autor: | Sunil Ranga, Sugandha Sugandha, Jyoti Rajpoot, Sufian Zaheer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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germ cells tumor
medicine.medical_specialty Extragonadal endocrine system diseases medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Engineering Magnetic resonance imaging Hematology medicine.disease Occult medicine.anatomical_structure Pathology medicine Abdomen Immature teratoma Radiology Teratoma extragonadal Presentation (obstetrics) teratoma Palm business palm |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.10738 |
| Popis: | Extragonadal teratomas in adults are an extremely rare entity. Teratomas may be mature or immature and are characterized by their midline presentation. We are presenting here a case report of immature teratoma of the palm in a 35-year-old female. The patient developed a recurrent swelling of the palm from which a wedge biopsy was taken and sent for histopathological examination. A diagnosis of “immature teratoma, grade 2” was made, whose margins were compromised. Later on ultrasonography (USG) abdomen and pelvis and whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no significant findings ruling out the possibility of an occult primary. MRI palm showed a well-defined cystic lesion with loculations suggestive of teratoma. Re-exploration was advised to achieve free margins. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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