Teratoma of the oral cavity floor – a case report

Czech version

Authors: A. Bambušek; B. Gál; P. Urbánková
Published in: Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, 74, 2025, No. 2, pp. 141-144.
Category: Case Reports
doi: https://doi.org/10.48095/ccorl2025141

Overview

Teratomas are tumors derivated from germinal cells, which can contain various differentiated tissues of the human body. Appearance of teratomas in the head and neck area is very rare. Typically, these tumors are found in ovaries, testicles, and the sacrococcygeal area. Following a case report describing a 22 year old man with increasing resistance on the floor of the oral cavity, after whose excision a teratoma was histologically proven.

Keywords:

teratoma – head and neck neoplasms – germ cell tumors

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