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BENIGN TERATOMA [1 record]

Record 1 2004-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A teratoma composed exclusively of mature differentiated tissue.

OBS

It is typically benign.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Le tératome bénin ne contient que des tissus matures bien différenciés, quel qu'en soit le type, pluritissulaire, complexe ou simplifié. C'est en général, sous l'angle macroscopique, un tératome kystique, moins souvent un tératome solide.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
DEF

Neoplasia benigna formada por una serie de tejidos distintos que normalmente no se encuentran en el órgano en que se origina.

OBS

Los teratomas normalmente se desarrollan en el ovario (de naturaleza benigna y forman quistes,) los testículos (de carácter maligno) y el cerebro (cáncer cerebral congénito).

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