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Immature gastric teratoma

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Gastric teratoma, a very rare tumor of infancy is essentially benign. Immature (embryonic) elements have been described in only three of the sixty-six cases described previously. This report concerns with one“immature” gastric teratoma seen in infancy.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics Surgery, S.PM.C.H.L, SM.S. Medical College, Jaipur

    Y. K. Sarin, L. D. Agarwal, V. N. Jhamaria, R. B. Goyal, R. Sharma & N. S. Shekhawat

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Sarin, Y.K., Agarwal, L.D., Jhamaria, V.N. et al. Immature gastric teratoma. Indian J Pediatr 64, 896–898 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02725521

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