Cervical cystic swelling in an adolescent: unusual association of a cervical mature teratoma with vertebral anomalies and a history of gastric duplication cyst

J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jun;46(6):e15-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.02.046.

Abstract

A 14-year-old girl presented with a cervical cystic swelling in association with deformity of cervical vertebrae. As a child, she had been treated for gastric duplication. Pathologic examination of the resected cervical swelling revealed a mature teratoma. We discuss possible embryologic associations, which could explain the unusual combination of a mature teratoma with vertebral anomalies and gastric duplication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis*
  • Adolescent
  • Cervical Vertebrae / abnormalities
  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / surgery
  • Cysts / diagnosis
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / diagnosis
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / diagnostic imaging
  • Edema / diagnosis
  • Edema / pathology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Neck
  • Risk Assessment
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Spinal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Stomach / abnormalities*
  • Stomach / surgery
  • Teratoma / diagnosis
  • Teratoma / pathology*
  • Teratoma / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography