Cabral FC, Krajewski KM, Rosenthal MH, Hirsch MS, Howard SA. Teratoma with malignant transformation: report of three cases and review of the literature.
Clin Imaging 2014;
38:589-93. [PMID:
24908364 DOI:
10.1016/j.clinimag.2014.04.011]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2014] [Accepted: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Teratoma with malignant transformation is an uncommon, very aggressive germ cell tumor that has undergone transformation of a somatic teratomatous component to a histologic type identical to a somatic malignancy. We review the clinical presentation, imaging appearances, and prognosis of this entity and highlight its aggressive behavior by reporting on three patients with metastatic testicular nonseminomatous germ cell tumor with histologically proved malignant transformation.
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