Teratomas are rare tumors that contain different types of tissues such as bone, teeth, muscle, and hair. A teratoma may be cancerous or benign (noncancerous), depending on its structure.

"Teratoma" is a Greek word for "monstrous tumor" due to the possibility that these tumors sometimes contain bone, hair, teeth, neurons, and even eyes. 3 In rare cases, these tumors may even ...

Savannah Stuthers waking up from surgery and learning that the cyst was in fact a teratoma with teeth and hair. Savannah Stuthers waking up from surgery and learning that the cyst was in fact a ...

A teratoma is a rare type of germ cell tumor (GCT) containing different types of tissue, such as hair, bone, teeth, and muscle. They most commonly affect the ovaries, testicles, and tailbone but ...

The tumor, a bony mass with two teeth, is the oldest known example of a teratoma, a rare type of tumor that typically occurs in ovaries or testicles. A teratoma can be benign or malignant ...

where a CT scan revealed a benign teratoma – a so-called "monster tumour" – roughly the size of a tennis ball. Shockingly, the mass had grown a tooth. A later ultrasound in San Diego ...

A teratoma is a rare congenital tumor that can have specialized tissues, including hair, teeth, and structures from organs like the eye. Survival rates are high, but they frequently require ...

A tumor with teeth was found in a 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian burial site. The tumor, a teratoma, is a rare find in archaeology. It was found near a ring that may have been thought to ...

It is the oldest known example of teratoma, a tumor made of various tissues like muscle, hair, bone or teeth, discovered by archeologists, with previous cases found in Europe and Peru.