Congenital maturing immature intraventricular teratoma

Received 20 June 2008; accepted 20 July 2008. published online 08 March 2010.

Abstract

We report a case of a maturing immature intraventricular teratoma in a neonate. The computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging and pathologic findings are described. The relevant literature is reviewed and management is discussed.

Keywords: Teratoma, Ventricle, Intracranial, Neonate

a Department of Radiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA

b Department of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

c Department of Neurology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Corresponding author. Department of Radiology, Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA

PII: S0899-7071(10)00034-3

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.06.037

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