Korean J Radiol.  2000 Dec;1(4):226-228. 10.3348/kjr.2000.1.4.226.

Immature Gastric Teratoma in an Infant: A Case Report

• Yoon SE
• Goo HW
• Yoon CH
• Jun SY
• Lee IC

• KMID: 1378951
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2000.1.4.226

Abstract

Gastric teratomas are extremely rare neoplasms and almost exclusively benign. They occur predominantly in males and generally present as a palpable abdominal mass. To our knowledge, only one adult case has been described in the Korean literature. We report a case in which an immature gastric teratoma in a 3-month-old boy was revealed by CT and US.

Keyword

Stomach, neoplasm; Infant, teratoma

MeSH Terms

Case Report
Human
Infant
Male
Stomach Neoplasms/*epidemiology/radiography/ultrasonography
Teratoma/*epidemiology/radiography/ultrasonography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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