title: Primary retroperitoneal teratoma in an adult: ultrasonographic, computer tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrations.
abstract: A 25-year-old male patient with a primary retroperitoneal teratoma is described. The chief complaint was right hypochondralgia during exercise for seven days. Various diagnostic imagings disclosed an expansive, heterogeneous and fat-rich mass associated with multiple cystic lesions in the right suprarenal fossa. Sagittal, transaxial and coronal magnetic resonance imaging scan visualized the extent and character of the tumor very clearly. Histological examination of the tumor removed through a thoracoabdominal approach showed cystic teratoma with out malignant transformations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kouseiren Takaoka Hospital.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography