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Ovarian fetiform teratoma

MedGen UID:
276666
•Concept ID:
C1518715
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Homunculus; homunculus; Ovarian Fetiform Teratoma; ovarian fetiform teratoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003851

Definition

A rare type of teratoma that arises from the ovary and resembles a malformed fetus. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOvarian fetiform teratoma

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Diagnosis

Fetiform teratoma was a parthenogenetic tumor arising from a mature ovum.
Miura K, Kurabayashi T, Satoh C, Sasaki K, Ishiguro T, Yoshiura KI, Masuzaki H
J Hum Genet 2017 Sep;62(9):803-808. Epub 2017 Apr 27 doi: 10.1038/jhg.2017.45. PMID: 28446797
Fetiform Teratoma in the Ovary of a 7-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report.
Goldberg HR, Allen L, Kives S
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2017 Apr;30(2):256-258. Epub 2016 Oct 18 doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2016.10.007. PMID: 27769689
Intracecal fetiform teratoma.
Robinson TL, Surapaneni K, Nardi PM
Pediatr Radiol 2008 Mar;38(3):336-9. Epub 2007 Dec 1 doi: 10.1007/s00247-007-0684-x. PMID: 18060397
Fetiform teratoma (homunculus).
Weiss JR, Burgess JR, Kaplan KJ
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2006 Oct;130(10):1552-6. doi: 10.5858/2006-130-1552-FTH. PMID: 17090201
Mature ovarian cystic teratoma with a highly differentiated homunculus: a case report.
Kuno N, Kadomatsu K, Nakamura M, Miwa-Fukuchi T, Hirabayashi N, Ishizuka T
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 2004 Jan;70(1):40-6. doi: 10.1002/bdra.10133. PMID: 14745894

Clinical prediction guides

On human parthenogenesis.
Jose de Carli G, Campos Pereira T
Med Hypotheses 2017 Sep;106:57-60. Epub 2017 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.07.008. PMID: 28818272
Mature ovarian cystic teratoma with a highly differentiated homunculus: a case report.
Kuno N, Kadomatsu K, Nakamura M, Miwa-Fukuchi T, Hirabayashi N, Ishizuka T
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 2004 Jan;70(1):40-6. doi: 10.1002/bdra.10133. PMID: 14745894

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