Mature Cystic Teratoma of Spinal Cord in a 16-Year-Old Male: A Case Report

Hiva Saffar; Atieh Khorsand; Morteza Faghih Jouibari; Seyed Mohammad Tavangar

doi:10.30699/IJP.2019.89854.1849

Mature Cystic Teratoma of Spinal Cord in a 16-Year-Old Male: A Case Report

Iran J Pathol. 2020 Winter;15(1):45-47. doi: 10.30699/IJP.2019.89854.1849.

Authors

Hiva Saffar¹, Atieh Khorsand¹, Morteza Faghih Jouibari², Seyed Mohammad Tavangar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Teratoma is a type of multipotential cell tumor, which includes a mixture of two or three germinal layers of ectodermis, endodermis, and mesodermis. Although neonatal sacrococcygeal teratoma has been frequently reported, its occurrence in older age is not common. In this study, we report a rare case of spinal intradural mature cystic teratoma in a 16-year-old male, emphasizing on considering this unusual condition in differential diagnosis of spinal cord cystic tumors.

Keywords: Adolescent; Spinal cord; Teratoma.

Publication types

Case Reports