Teratoma
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| Term | Teratoma |
| Short definition | teratoma - (pronounced) (TAYR-uh-TOH-moo) type of germ cell tumor that can involve several different types of tissue, such as hair, muscle, and bone. Teratomas can be mature or immature depending on how normal the cells look under a microscope. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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teratoma - (pronounced) (TAYR-uh-TOH-moo) type of germ cell tumor that can involve several different types of tissue, such as hair, muscle, and bone. Teratomas can be mature or immature depending on how normal the cells look under a microscope. Sometimes teratomas are a mixture of mature and immature cells. Teratomas usually occur in the ovaries in women, the testicles in men, and the tailbone in children. They can also occur in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), chest, or abdomen. Teratomas can be benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous)
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