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Home :: Family Health :: Teratoma Teratoma - Teratoma symptom, treatment, causes
Teratoma is a neoplasm (abnormal tissue growth) made up of different types of tissue, none of which is normally found where the neoplasm occurs. Teratomas are found most often in the ovary or testis, occasionally elsewhere. The neoplasms may be benign or malignant.
A type of germ cell tumor that may contain several different types of tissue and sometimes mature elements such as hair, muscle, and bone. The word teratoma comes from Greek and means roughly monstrous tumor. Teratomata usually start from cells in the testes in men, the ovaries in women and in the sacrum in children. The designation teratoma refers to a group of complex tumors having various cellular or organoid components reminiscent of normal derivatives from more than one germ layer . Rarely not all three germ layers are identifiable. The tissues of a teratoma, although normal in themselves, may be quite different from surrounding tissues, and may be highly inappropriate, even grotesque (hence the monstrous ) teratomas (the plural infrequently given as teratomata ) have been reported to contain hair , teeth , bone and very rarely more complex organs such as eyeball , torso , and hand . Usually, however, a teratoma will contain no organs but rather one or more tissues normally found in organs such as the brain, liver, and lung. Teratomas belong to a class of tumors known as nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT), all of which are the result of abnormal development of pluripotent (or totipotent) cells germ cells and embryonal cells . Teratomas of embryonal origin are congenital teratomas of germ cell origin may or may not be congenital. The kind of pluripotent cell appears to be unimportant, apart from constraining the location of the resulting tumor in the body.
Causes of Teratoma
The commnon Causes of Teratoma :
- The cause of Teratoma is unknown
Symptoms of Teratoma
Some common Symptoms of Teratoma :
- Tenderness.
- Fatigue.
- Pain.
- Lump.
- Shortness of breath
- Swelling.
- Cough.
Treatment of Teratoma
- Any type of treatment to prevent and treat infections, side effects of treatments, and complications, and to keep your child comfortable during treatment.
- Using high-energy rays (radiation) from a specialized machine to damage or kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
- Continuous follow-up care - a schedule of follow-up care determined by your child's physician and other members of your care team to monitor ongoing response to treatment and possible late effects of treatment.
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