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Teratoma Generation in the Testis Capsule
Published on: November 7, 2011
Teratoma of the Sellar Region: a Case Report
Wolfgang Saeger1, Azadeh Ebrahimi2, Rudi Beschorner2
1Institutes of Pathology and Neuropathology of the University of Hamburg, UKE, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. w.saeger@uke.de.
Abstract:
The case report describes a teratoma of the sellar region with a gland forming and an immature, relatively clear undifferentiated component without signs of anaplasia. Both components express TTF-1 indicating their presumable origin in the neurohypophysis as part of the circumventricular organs. The differential diagnosis includes pituitary adenoma and spindle cell oncocytoma with inclusion of Rathke's cleft cyst, pituitary blastoma, yolk sac tumor, and other germ cell tumors. The prognosis is the same as in the immature teratomas in the gonads, specifically unclear.

