Teratoma congénito benigno de localización atípica

Los teratomas de la region occipitocervical son poco frecuentes y solo se ha comunicado un pequeno numero de casos. Se presenta el caso de un neonato femenino de 48 horas de vida que nace con una tumoracion pediculada, eritemato-violacea con aspecto fibroangiomatoide, de aproximadamente 3 cm de diametro y consistencia duro-elastica, en la region occipito- cervical del cuero cabelludo. El diagnostico histopatologico fue de teratoma benigno. Teratomas in the occipitocervical region occur very rarely and only a small number of cases have been reported. We hereby present a case of a 48-hour-old female neonate who was born presenting a pediculated tumor in the occipitocervical region of the scalp. The lesion was an erythemato-purplish tumor of hard-elastic consistency, with a fibroangiomatous-like aspect, of approximately 3 cm in diameter. The histopathologic diagnosis was consistent with a benign teratoma.