Benign teratoma of the lesser omentum--a case report.
Teratomas of the lesser omentum are extremely rare and all cases reported in the literature have been benign teratomas with mature tissue elements. A case of teratoma, which behaved in benign fashion in spite of immature elements in a 16-year-old male, is reported. The patient remained free of disease 7 years after surgical resection of the tumour.
Naik
Ramadas
R
Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.
Baliga
Poornima B
PB
Pai
Muktha Ramesh
MR
Nayak
Kapadi Surendra
KS
Shankarnarayanan
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology*