RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Teratoma of the tongue in a newborn
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 34
OP 37
VO 50
IS 1
A1 Julia V. Ashley
A1 Alan D. Shafer
YR 1983
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/50/1/34.abstract
AB A large teratoma of the tongue was removed from an infant 32 hours after birth. Microscopically the tumor contained elements of all three germ layers, with immature neural tissue predominating. There was no histologic evidence of malignancy. Serum markers, initially elevated, are negative two years later. Only four teratomas of the tongue that were present at birth have been reported, which we review here. No malignant teratomas of the tongue in the newborn have been reported; prognosis of teratoma of the tongue in the newborn is unknown.