Primary gastric teratoma on the cardiac orifice in an adult

Table 1 Five reported cases of GT in Medline between 1922 and 2007

Author (yr)	Age (yr)	Signs and symptoms	Location	Type	Size
Eustermann et al[6] 1922	31	?	Posterior wall	Mature	7 cm × 6 cm × 5 cm
Fadeeva et al[12] 1960	25	?	Anterior wall	Mature	4 cm × 3 cm
Gray et al[8] 1964	40	?	Lesser curvature	Mature	7 cm × 6 cm
Matsukuma et al[5] 1995	83	Tarry stool and anemia	Lesser curvature	Immature	12 cm × 10 cm × 6 cm
Joo et al[7] 1999	27	Fever, pain and vomiting	Greater curvature	Mature	9.5 cm × 7.5 cm × 5 cm

Note: Five patients were all male. Complete resection of the tumor was carried out in all patients and all patients recovered.