A few days ago, I was taking my lunch break when I suddenly heard a family member crying and shouting in the corridor of the hospital:
"Why is my child being ruined? She is only 12 years old! She is also pregnant with a teratome . ." .....”
When I heard this, is there still such a thing? I have never heard that our hospital has treated such cases.
I was wondering when I heard my colleague shout: "It's teratoma ! It's not a teratoma!"
Damn, it turned out to be a teratoma. I'm sorry that this family only listened to half of what I was told. They only heard "fetus". Didn't hear "tumor"...
I remembered that a fan left a message before, asking Junjun to talk about teratoma.
It just so happens that this is also a tumor that commonly occurs in children and women of childbearing age, which is in line with our user group.
So I quickly got up and read this article. After all, doctors have bad memories.
Is teratoma
a freak or a disease?
Speaking of this kind of tumor, everyone's first reaction may be the same as that of the family member, thinking that it is some kind of Nezha reincarnated freak.
But in fact, this is a disease called teratoma. The focus is on the "tumor" and has nothing to do with the "fetus".
Since it doesn’t matter, why do you call it a “teratoma”?
In fact, the main reason is that this tumor looks too much like a malformed fetus. Here is a picture to let everyone fear feel it!
(Warm reminder: Cooks must control their little hands!)
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Not only does it look like a freak, but you can also see a variety of mature human tissues inside.
For example, some include ectodermal tissue including skin, sebaceous glands, hair, teeth and nervous tissue ;
and mesodermal tissue including fat, cartilage and muscle; very rarely There will also be endoderm tissues such as lungs and gastrointestinal tract.
was originally a thoughtless tumor, but it ended up growing mature tissue unique to humans, making anyone look confused.
Some people have boldly guessed that maybe it wants to grow into... a person? (Why do I feel so cold on my back...)
Because its shape is so weird, it once became the source of inspiration for horror movies, and a series of rumors arose.
Refuting rumors
Three major rumors about teratoma!
It is said that rumors stop at the wise, but why is this spreading more and more outrageous...
Teratomas are caused by incomplete abortion and the remaining embryos have grown up.
teratoma is caused by eating the parasitic fetus of his twin brother and sister!
Teratomas are punished by God because of indiscretions in private life...
Because they don’t understand, they will be demonized.
Seeing the rumors that this style of painting is gradually deviating, Junjun felt that it was time to come out and rectify its name.
First of all, we need to make it clear that teratoma has nothing to do with siblings. It is just a "tumor" in the final analysis.
The cause of teratoma is not completely clear yet.
But there is a saying that: It is derived from the primordial germ cells of the embryonic gonads.
During embryonic development, some germ cells called "pluripotent cells" will divide and differentiate abnormally, which may lead to the development of teratomas. The occurrence of
has nothing to do with gender, whether you have sex, or whether you are pregnant. It is also essentially different from parasitic fetus .
Those so-called rumors about pregnancy, personal indiscretion, and eating siblings have been self-defeating at this point.
And this kind of tumor may grow in men, women and children. Most of them grow on the ovaries, but a small number of them grow in the brain, thyroid , stomach, testicles, sacrococcygeal bone, mediastinum , peritoneum and other locations.
Who is most likely to get this disease? What is the specific performance? Can I still get pregnant if I have it?
Don't worry, and listen to the fungus come one by one.
Who is most likely to get it? What is the performance of
?
Teratoma is divided into mature teratoma (benign) and immature teratoma (malignant).
About 7% of teratomas are benign, but benign mature teratomas also have the possibility of malignant transformation, the malignant transformation rate is about 2 to 3%.
Foreign studies have shown that the most common teratomas are sacrococcygeal teratoma and ovarian mature cystic teratoma.
Sacrococcygeal teratoma occurs at the base of the spine and is the most common tumor in newborns and adolescents.
And mature ovarian teratoma is the most common ovarian tumor in women of childbearing age, of which 0%-90% are women between 20-40 years old.
Most patients with teratoma have no obvious symptoms in the early stage and are discovered accidentally during imaging examination or surgery.
However, as the tumor grows, teratomas in different parts may have different clinical symptoms, such as:
● Ovarian teratoma: may produce abdominal pain, abdominal mass, abdominal distension, etc. If ovary occurs Rupture or torsion of may cause colic, nausea, vomiting, etc., and may also cause infertility when the fallopian tube is compressed;
● Sacrococcygeal teratoma: If it develops before birth, it may cause fetal heart failure (i.e. fetus Edema); development after birth may manifest as constipation, incontinence, etc.;
● Testicular teratoma: can manifest as testicular mass or swelling and pain;
● Mediastinal teratoma: If it grows very large, it will Affects respiratory and cardiac function.
Once a teratoma forms, it cannot disappear, even with medicine and injections. Surgery is the only option.
So has a regular physical examination! Heavy! want! (Usually once a year is more appropriate.)
During physical examination, once a tumor larger than 3cm in diameter (too small to be easily misdiagnosed) is found, surgery should be performed as soon as possible.
During surgery, laparoscopic surgery is generally performed. It is a minimally invasive surgery that only opens the umbilicus. There are almost no traces after healing.
I would like to emphasize one point here:
If a pregnant mother discovers a teratoma while preparing for pregnancy, it is best to undergo surgical treatment first to avoid tumor growth during pregnancy, and there is no need for contraception after surgery.
If it is discovered after pregnancy, can be temporarily observed in the early pregnancy (first 3 months), and laparoscopic surgery can be performed after 12 weeks.
found in the second and third trimester of pregnancy, you can wait until the end of delivery to deal with it together.
Finally, I want to say that things are impermanent, the large intestine wraps the small intestine .
No matter adults or children, they should be good at observing their physical condition in daily life. Once any abnormalities are found, they should go to the hospital for examination in time for early detection and early treatment.
Examination and surgery are not scary. What is scary is letting the devil grow unchecked without treatment!
If you have any questions about teratoma, you can leave a message to Junjun in the comment area~
