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Adult teratoma

MedGen UID:
277966
•Concept ID:
C1368898
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Adult Teratoma; adult teratoma; teratoma of adults
SNOMED CT: Adult teratoma (42717009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003516

Definition

A teratoma that occurs in an adult. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Combined chemotherapy and surgery in treatment of advanced germ-cell tumors.
Vugrin D, Whitmore WF Jr, Sogani PC, Bains M, Herr HW, Golbey RB
Cancer 1981 May 1;47(9):2228-31. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810501)47:9<2228::aid-cncr2820470920>3.0.co;2-d. PMID: 7226117

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Teratoma or enterogenous cyst? The histopathological and clinical dilemma in co-existing occult neural tube dysraphism.
Daszkiewicz P, Roszkowski M, Przasnek S, Grajkowska W, Jurkiewicz E
Folia Neuropathol 2006;44(1):24-33. PMID: 16565928
Long-term results following adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with clinical stage I testicular nonseminomatous malignant germ cell tumors with high risk factors.
Böhlen D, Borner M, Sonntag RW, Fey MF, Studer UE
J Urol 1999 Apr;161(4):1148-52. PMID: 10081858
Results of postchemotherapy adjunctive retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in non-seminomatous germ cell cancer patients.
Goepel M, Recker F, Otto T, Krege S, Rübben H
Urol Int 1996;57(4):209-12. doi: 10.1159/000282915. PMID: 8961487
Size and status of metastases after inductive chemotherapy of germ-cell tumors. Indication for salvage operation.
Jaeger N, Weissbach L, Bussar-Maatz R
World J Urol 1994;12(4):196-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00185673. PMID: 7820141
Combination chemotherapy including VP-16 for poor prognosis germ cell neoplasms.
Bukowski RM, Smith GW, Montie JE
Urology 1988 May;31(5):403-7. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(88)90735-2. PMID: 2452507

Diagnosis

Conservative treatment of a young patient with thyroid carcinoma in adult ovarian teratoma - case report.
Cymbaluk-Ploska A, Chudecka-Głaz A, Chosia M, Ashuryk O, Menkiszak J
Gynecol Endocrinol 2014 Mar;30(3):187-91. Epub 2014 Jan 7 doi: 10.3109/09513590.2013.860122. PMID: 24397359
Intramedullary cervical teratoma in an adult.
Arvin B, Pohl U, David K
Spine J 2009 May;9(5):e14-8. Epub 2008 Dec 6 doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.09.001. PMID: 19059809
Teratoma or enterogenous cyst? The histopathological and clinical dilemma in co-existing occult neural tube dysraphism.
Daszkiewicz P, Roszkowski M, Przasnek S, Grajkowska W, Jurkiewicz E
Folia Neuropathol 2006;44(1):24-33. PMID: 16565928
Organ preserving surgery in testicular epidermoid cysts.
Heidenreich A, Engelmann UH, Vietsch HV, Derschum W
J Urol 1995 Apr;153(4):1147-50. PMID: 7869484
Differentiated teratoma of testis metastasizing as differentiated teratoma in adult.
Cameron-Strange A, Horner J
Urology 1989 Jun;33(6):481-2. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(89)90137-4. PMID: 2728152

Therapy

Conservative treatment of a young patient with thyroid carcinoma in adult ovarian teratoma - case report.
Cymbaluk-Ploska A, Chudecka-Głaz A, Chosia M, Ashuryk O, Menkiszak J
Gynecol Endocrinol 2014 Mar;30(3):187-91. Epub 2014 Jan 7 doi: 10.3109/09513590.2013.860122. PMID: 24397359
Long-term results following adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with clinical stage I testicular nonseminomatous malignant germ cell tumors with high risk factors.
Böhlen D, Borner M, Sonntag RW, Fey MF, Studer UE
J Urol 1999 Apr;161(4):1148-52. PMID: 10081858
Bulky germinal tumors: comparison of different induction regimens and significance of residual disease.
Kreuser ED, Jaeger N, Altwein JE, Egghart G, Hartlapp J, Gaus W, Schreml W
Eur Urol 1985;11(3):163-9. doi: 10.1159/000472483. PMID: 2411564
Combined chemotherapy and surgery in treatment of advanced germ-cell tumors.
Vugrin D, Whitmore WF Jr, Sogani PC, Bains M, Herr HW, Golbey RB
Cancer 1981 May 1;47(9):2228-31. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810501)47:9<2228::aid-cncr2820470920>3.0.co;2-d. PMID: 7226117
Development of a testicular tumour during cisclomiphene therapy.
Reyes FI, Faiman C
Can Med Assoc J 1973 Sep 15;109(6):502-3 passim. PMID: 4742918Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Long-term results following adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with clinical stage I testicular nonseminomatous malignant germ cell tumors with high risk factors.
Böhlen D, Borner M, Sonntag RW, Fey MF, Studer UE
J Urol 1999 Apr;161(4):1148-52. PMID: 10081858
Size and status of metastases after inductive chemotherapy of germ-cell tumors. Indication for salvage operation.
Jaeger N, Weissbach L, Bussar-Maatz R
World J Urol 1994;12(4):196-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00185673. PMID: 7820141
Combination chemotherapy including VP-16 for poor prognosis germ cell neoplasms.
Bukowski RM, Smith GW, Montie JE
Urology 1988 May;31(5):403-7. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(88)90735-2. PMID: 2452507
Bulky germinal tumors: comparison of different induction regimens and significance of residual disease.
Kreuser ED, Jaeger N, Altwein JE, Egghart G, Hartlapp J, Gaus W, Schreml W
Eur Urol 1985;11(3):163-9. doi: 10.1159/000472483. PMID: 2411564
Combined chemotherapy and surgery in treatment of advanced germ-cell tumors.
Vugrin D, Whitmore WF Jr, Sogani PC, Bains M, Herr HW, Golbey RB
Cancer 1981 May 1;47(9):2228-31. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810501)47:9<2228::aid-cncr2820470920>3.0.co;2-d. PMID: 7226117

Clinical prediction guides

Long-term results following adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with clinical stage I testicular nonseminomatous malignant germ cell tumors with high risk factors.
Böhlen D, Borner M, Sonntag RW, Fey MF, Studer UE
J Urol 1999 Apr;161(4):1148-52. PMID: 10081858
Results of postchemotherapy adjunctive retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in non-seminomatous germ cell cancer patients.
Goepel M, Recker F, Otto T, Krege S, Rübben H
Urol Int 1996;57(4):209-12. doi: 10.1159/000282915. PMID: 8961487
Testicular germ cell tumors in HLA-genotype non-twin brothers.
Kandel LB, Heise ER, Woodruff RD, Harrison LH, McCullough DL, Dyer RB
Urology 1988 Oct;32(4):315-9. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(88)90233-6. PMID: 3176220

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