title: Mature cystic teratoma of the pancreas in a child.
abstract: A cystic pancreatic tumour is rare in a child and a mature cystic teratoma of the pancreas is even rarer. This is the first demonstration of the CT appearance of such a tumour in a child. We present a 2-year-old boy who presented with a palpable abdominal mass. Abdominal CT revealed a huge cystic mass in the upper abdomen. Pathology disclosed a mature cystic teratoma originating from the pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung-Shan S. Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan, Republic of China. wgl@ntumc.org
authors.forename: Chih-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Kao-Lang
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei-Chou
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yiu-Wah
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed