Precocious Sexual and Somatic Development in a Male Infant with a Presacral Teratoma Containing Androgen-Producing Tissue

摘要: CASES OF teratoma associated with precocious sexual and somatic development are of utmost rarity. In this paper, the literature on precocity is reviewed, a unique case presacral androgenic tissue causing presented mechanism by which teratomas cause discussed. LITERATURE ON TERATOMA WITH PRECOCITY An accurate appraisal was difficult since some reports tumors dated long before recognition certain lesions capable such as interstitial-cell tumor testis granulosa-cell ovary. The proper classification seemed impossible to achieve histological findings were either not given or appeared inadequate. Teratoma in male. only undisputed cases seem be those arising from pineal gland. tendency has been consider factors other than itself ...