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Table 1 Components of the epignathus and the intracranial tumor

From: An autopsy case of epignathus (immature teratoma of the soft palate) with intracranial extension but without brain invasion: case report and literature review

 

epignathus

intracranial tumor

ectoderm

neural tube, glial tissue, retina, melanocytes, skin and appendages, exocrine glands (resemblings pancreatic tissue)

neural tube, glial tissue, choroid plexus

mesoderm

cartilage, bone, adipose tissue, smooth muscle, vessels

cartilage

endoderm

hepatocytes, renal glomeruli, lung, esophagus, gastric mucosa, intestinal mucosa with goblet cells

liver, glandular epithelium, exocrine glands (resembling pancreatic tissue)