Immature gastric teratoma in an infant

Acta Paediatr Jpn. 1992 Aug;34(4):483-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1992.tb00993.x.

Abstract

A 45 day old boy presented with progressive abdominal distension, tarry stools and anemia. A plain roentgenogram of the abdomen showed irregular, coarse calcifications in the left upper quadrant. The ultrasonography and computerized tomography of the abdomen revealed a large heterogeneous tumor with calcified parts in the left hemiabdomen. At operation, a 12 cm x 11 cm x 10 cm, multilobular, exogastric and endogastric tumor, including a portion of the anterior wall of the stomach, was extirpated. The pathological examination revealed a gastric teratoma with immature neural elements. Eight years after the total excision of the tumor there has not been any recurrence. This study includes a review of 88 cases (including the present case) of gastric teratoma reported in the English and Japanese literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Teratoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Teratoma / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography