Brain With Teeth and Hair Discovered In Woman's Stomach

A teratoma is a type of germ cell tumor that contains different types of tissues, including hair, teeth, eyes, bone, muscle, and neurons. Although teratomas are found primarily in the gonads, they can develop anywhere in the body, especially in midline locations, such as the sacrum, coccyx, mediastinum, retroperitoneum, and central nervous system.
In general, teratomas are rare tumors that typically develop in children. The two most common teratomas are sacrococcygeal teratomas (extragonadal) and mature cystic teratomas of the ovary (gonadal). Sacrococcygeal teratomas, which develop at the base of the spine, are the most common tumors found in newborns with an incidence rate of 1 in 20,000 to 40,000 births; whereas mature ovarian teratomas are the most common ovarian tumor in young females, particularly in their second or third decades of life. Other types of teratomas, including testicular and mediastinal teratomas, are much more rare.

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