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immature teratoma

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immature teratoma
Malignant teratoma A teratoma that has mature elements from all 3 germ cell layers–ectodermal, mesodermal, and endodermal, and immature tissues, most commonly of neural origin; the neural tissues in ITs consist of primitive neurotubules, neuroepithelial rosettes, immature glial elements, immature ependyma


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Histology identified an immature teratoma that was made up of tissue derived from various germ-cell layers and comprised mature glial/neurofibrillary tissue with scattered neurons predominant (figure 2).
Four histologic variants of teratoma are described: (1) mature teratoma, (2) immature teratoma, (3) teratoma with malignant transformation, and (4) monodermal teratoma.
 
 
 
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