Orbito-Ocular Teratoma: A Case Report

E.A. Akabe; C.D. Mpyet; B.M. Mandong

doi:10.4314/njsr.v2i3.12206

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May 12, 2004

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10.4314/njsr.v2i3.12206

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Orbito-ocular teratomas malignant transformation exenteration

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E.A. Akabe

Department of Ophthalmology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos

C.D. Mpyet

Department of Ophthalmology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos

B.M. Mandong

Department of Pathology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos

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Orbital teratomas are rare. This is a report of a case of orbito-ocular teratoma with malignant transformation in a seventeen-day-old girl. Treatment was by exenteration. The baby was lost to follow-up shortly after discharge and so could not have a prosthesis fitted

(Nig J Surg Res 2000; 2:155-157)

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Orbito-ocular, teratomas, malignant transformation, exenteration

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B.M. Mandong

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