title: Asymptomatic retroperitoneal dermoid cyst (benign cystic teratoma) in a 64-year-old male: an autopsy case report.
abstract: A primary retroperitoneal dermoid cyst (benign cystic teratoma) is described in a 64-year-old male, who died postoperatively of a leaking grafted abdominal aortic aneurysm. The asymptomatic tumor, measuring 12 cm in greatest diameter, showed an extensive sclerosing lipogranulomatous reaction in its wall and wide-spread adhesions to the vital organs in the right hypochondrium. This patient is the oldest on record with such a lesion.
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D001344:Autopsy; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*