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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Immature Teratoma: Diagnosis and Management-A Review of the Literature.

Liviu Moraru, Melinda-Ildiko Mitranovici, Diana Maria Chiorean, Marius Coroș, Raluca Moraru, Ioan Emilian Oală, Sabin Gligore Turdean

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
14.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. CT- and MR Imaging-based Radiomics Approach to Differentiating Ovarian Mature and Immature Teratomas: Can MR Imaging-based Radiomics Predict the Histological Grade of Immature Teratomas?Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2026
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  10. Giant intracranial teratoma in a pediatric patient: a case report and literature review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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  14. Extragonadal immature teratoma of the uterus.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2025
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  20. An atypical abdominal manifestation of retroperitoneal teratoma: Case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Liviu MoraruDepartment of Anatomy, "George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.
Melinda-Ildiko MitranoviciDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency County Hospital Hunedoara, 331057 Hunedoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1596-6353
Diana Maria ChioreanDepartment of Pathology, County Clinical Hospital of Targu Mures, 540072 Targu Mures, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-7024-2916
Marius CoroșDepartment of Surgery, "George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.
Raluca MoraruFaculty of Medicine, "George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.
Ioan Emilian OalăDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency County Hospital Hunedoara, 331057 Hunedoara, Romania.
Sabin Gligore TurdeanDepartment of Pathology, County Clinical Hospital of Targu Mures, 540072 Targu Mures, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7085-4755
Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș · ROInstitutul de Cercetari Electrotehnice · ROSpitalul Clinic Judetean de Urgenta Târgu Mureş · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An immature teratoma is a germinal malignant tumor composed of three germ cell layers, occurring more frequently in young women. It is the second most frequent among the malignant germinal tumors after dysgerminoma, and it is the only neoplasm with germ cells that are histologically graded. Even if we do not have a consensus regarding its therapeutical management, it has a good prognosis, with an excellent overall survival rate and good fertility preservation. More studies are needed regarding the necessity of adjuvant chemotherapy in pediatric oncology, and because of chemotherapy's long-term adverse effects, surveillance or a targeted treatment is preferred, but the main therapy is fertility-sparing surgery. Special attention should be given to the genetic mapping of the histological pieces for patient risk stratification due to its value in prognosis and future treatment.

Indexed as

fertility preservationgerm cellsimmature teratomatargeted treatmenttherapeutical management

Identifiers

PMID37174909
PMCPMC10177811
OpenAlexW4366827458

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