A Case of Faciocervical Immature Teratoma which was Antenatal Diagnosed by Ultrasonography at 20 weeks Gestation.

Sim, Jae Ryang; Cho, Hyun; Kim, In Sook; Park, Hyun Jin; Lee, Bong Ju; Yun, Ki Jung; Hong, Gi Youn; Kim, Heung Gon

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2002;45(9):1649-1652.
Published online September 1, 2002.

A Case of Faciocervical Immature Teratoma which was Antenatal Diagnosed by Ultrasonography at 20 weeks Gestation.

Jae Ryang Sim, Hyun Cho, In Sook Kim, Hyun Jin Park, Bong Ju Lee, Ki Jung Yun, Gi Youn Hong, Heung Gon Kim

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.

Abstract

Fetal teratomas are histologically diverse masses containing variety of tissues foreign to the anatomic site in which they reside. Sacrococcygeal teratomas are the most common and account for 50% of neonatal teratoma. Faciocervical teratomas are rare and accounts for only 5.5% of all neonatal teratoma, having an incidence of only 20,000:1 to 40,000:1 of live births. Immature teratoma was composed of poor differentiated or embryonal tissue which coexisted mature tissue and immature tissue was originated from neuroepithelium. We have experienced a large faciocervical teratoma and present this case with a brief review of literatures.

Key Words: Faciocervical teratoma