Placental teratoma with three-germ layer differentiation

Teratology. 1994 Aug;50(2):165-7. doi: 10.1002/tera.1420500211.

Abstract

A rare case of placental teratoma is described. Major features were the presentation as a pedunculated mass from the fetal surface of the placenta, the mixture of different tissues derived from all three germ layers (skin with dermal appendages, ganglion-like cells, and nervous structures, gut structures, osteocartilagineous and smooth and striated muscle), and the absence of segmental organization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Apgar Score
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Placenta Diseases / pathology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Teratoma / pathology*