Malignant Cervical Teratoma in an Adult Presenting with Impending Airway Obstruction

Malignant Cervical Teratoma in an Adult Presenting with Impending Airway Obstruction

Extragonadal teratomas and germ cell tumours are uncommon. Most teratomas of the head and neck present in the paediatric age group. Occurrence of such tumours in an adult is extremely rare and, to date, less than 40 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a young man presenti...

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Main Authors: Mohd Rashid Lukman, Ali Yaakub Jasmi, Basro Sarinah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-07-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Subjects:
adult
airway obstruction
cervical teratoma
rare
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409603493

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