Fırat Tıp Dergisi |
2012, Cilt 17, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 243-245 |
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Primary Retroperitoneal Mature Cystic Teratoma Presenting as an Adrenal Tumor: Case Report |
Mürşit DİNCER, Mustafa GİRGİN, Ziya ÇETİNKAYA |
Fırat Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Genel Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, Elazığ, Türkiye |
Primary teratomas in the retroperitoneum are very rare in adults. A 32 years old female patient presented with abdominal pain which abdominal
computerized tomography revealed right adrenal tumor. The adrenal mass was not originated from adrenal glanol during exploration in the exploration.
Frozen section was benign. After surgical removal microscopic diagnosis came as a primary mature cystic teratoma. In case of a retroperitoneal
tumor, germ cell tumors should be considered in differential diagnosis and researched before surgery. We describe a case of mature cystic teratoma
that was clinically presenting as an adrenal tumor.
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