title: Benign teratoma of the lesser omentum--a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.
authors.forename: Ramadas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: Poornima B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Baliga
authors.forename: Muktha Ramesh
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Kapadi Surendra
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.lastname: Shankarnarayanan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology*