Intradural Lumbar Mature Teratoma With Neuronal and Glial Tissue Component in an Adult —Case Report—

Weiting GU; Hanbing SHANG; Xiaolong JIN; Jing XIE; Weiguo ZHAO

doi:10.2176/nmc.50.1112

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Intradural Lumbar Mature Teratoma With Neuronal and Glial Tissue Component in an Adult

—Case Report—

Weiting GU, Hanbing SHANG, Xiaolong JIN, Jing XIE, Weiguo ZHAO

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Keywords: spinal teratoma, neuronal and glial tissue component, primitive germ cell

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2010 Volume 50 Issue 12 Pages 1112-1115

DOI https://doi.org/10.2176/nmc.50.1112

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Abstract

A 23-year-old Chinese male patient presented with an extremely rare case of spinal teratoma with neuronal and glial tissue components manifesting as lower back pain and radiating pain to the leg. Subtotal excision of the tumor was conducted. Histological examination revealed a mature teratoma with neuronal and glial tissue components. Initial presentation of spinal teratoma in adulthood is rare. Teratomas show a wide array of organoid tissue differentiation, but neuronal tissue component is uncommon.

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