ArticleBMJ case reports2018
Acute regrowth and dissemination of a mature spinal cord teratoma after partial resection.
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- A Rare Case of Conus Medullaris Mature Teratoma Initially Considered a Different Spinal Cord Tumor Due to Intramedullary Hemorrhage.Spine surgery and related research · 2026Article
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- Multiple ectopic recurrent germ cell tumors after total pineal mature teratoma removal: A case report and literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Rituximab therapy in pericarditis associated with rheumatoid arthritis.Rheumatology international · 2022Review
- Pineal region teratoma with metastases in uncommon locations: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2022Article
- Symptomatic mature teratoma of the lumbar spine: A case report.Surgical neurology international · 2022Article
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Abstract
A 23-year-old man presented with difficulty walking and leg pain and numbness. MRI revealed a cystic mass at Th11-12 and a pineal-region tumour. The patient underwent surgery to resect the thoracic-level mass. The tumour adhered strongly to the neural tissue and could only be partially resected. On pathological examination, the resected tumour was diagnosed as a mature teratoma. The tumour regrew and disseminated within 3 months after resection. Both the spinal cord tumour and the tumour in the pineal region shrank significantly after chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Although the tumour was pathologically diagnosed as a mature teratoma, we suspect that the residual tumour contained an immature or malignant component. Thus, careful follow-up observation is mandatory after partial resection of a mature teratoma. In addition, because teratomas can disseminate in the central nervous system, the presence of teratoma should prompt an examination of both the spinal cord and brain.
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