Expert: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. - 12/22/2009

Question
Hi my daughter is going on three in july and since she was in the womb we have had several diagnoses of what is going on with her. we have been told that she has a yolk sac tumor,grem cell teratoma,some teratomas i dont know how to spell and a lipoma. she had brain surgery. the nerosurgen and the pathologist disagree. the pathologist thinks it is a monodermal teratoma. she complains her head hurts on a dialy basis. she has episods were she falls alot and walks into things. She get obessesive with repearting things. She also has problems with her bowl there are time she get mucus sacks. then it gets black then to diarria. she goes contistentaly. she also has low iron. and is on the verge according to wic where she can be considered faluire to thrive. she eats all the time. she is short. they say. she is 2ft 10inches. she has to go see a endrocronologist,genetic doc and hemotologist and a neroncologist. if you have any advice please let me know. thank  you

Answer
This was a HARD one! If even her neurosurgeon and pathologist disagree it is difficult for me to have any specific opinion. But you can always demand a second opinion with regards to her pathology report to try to clarify things. Good luck! Please do keep me posted!

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