Diagnostic Significance of Cellular Neuroglial Tissue in Ovarian Immature Teratoma

• Main Authors: Yun Chai (Author), Chang Gok Woo (Author), Joo-Young Kim (Author), Chong Jai Kim (Author), Shin Kwang Khang (Author), Jiyoon Kim (Author), In Ah Park (Author), Eun Na Kim (Author), Kyu-Rae Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Immature teratoma (IT) is a tumor containing immature neuroectodermal tissue, primarily in the form of neuroepithelial tubules. However, the diagnosis of tumors containing only cellular neuroglial tissue (CNT) without distinct neuroepithelial tubules is often difficult, since the histolog...