Spinal teratoma [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Spinal teratoma ======

The incidence of spinal [[teratoma]] is rare; only 0.15–0.18% of [[spinal tumor]]s have been classified as teratomas.

In pediatric patients, ~5–10% of spinal tumors are intraspinal teratomas, however, the [[incidence]] in adult patients is significantly lower than that observed in [[child]]ren and [[infant]]s.

Unlike in intraspinal teratomas in infants and children, the symptoms of these tumors in adult patients typically lack specific clinical features that, upon [[diagnosis]], may cause confusion with other spinal tumors, such as [[schwannoma]]s, which are more commonly observed in adult patients.

At present, the mechanism of intraspinal teratoma formation and the prognosis of the disease following surgery have not yet been elucidated. 

see [[Cervical teratoma]].

see [[Thoracic teratoma]].

see [[Sacrococcygeal teratoma]].

===== Differential diagnosis =====

[[Spinal Teratoma Differential Diagnosis]].



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