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We report a case of fetal immature teratoma confirmed by autopsy pathology, with comprehensive prenatal and post-induction imaging examinations. Prenatal ultrasound revealed a mixed echogenic mass at the base of the fetal skull with multiple hyperechoic foci, and CDFI demonstrated relatively abundant internal vascular signals. Prenatal MRI demonstrated a mass-like intracranial lesion with heterogeneous signal intensity, closely related anteriorly to the middle cranial fossa. The adjacent brain parenchyma was compressed and displaced, with indistinct cerebral sulci and gyri and thinning of the cerebral cortex. Post-induction MRI showed partial protrusion of the intracranial lesion into the left lateral ventricle, without evident fat signal. Post-induction CT further demonstrated multiple calcifications within the portion of the lesion extending into the left lateral ventricle. 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