title: Mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from one retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma in a postmenopausal woman.
abstract: Malignant degeneration of a retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma to adenocarcinoma at postmenopausal age is extremely rare. A 72-year-old woman with mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from a retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Inha University, Shinheung-dong, Jung-gu, Icheon, Korea. songsong2000@inha.ac.kr
authors.forename: Eun-Seop
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Suk-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sun-Keun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jeong-Seon
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Myung-Kwan
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Yun-Seob
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Moon-Whan
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Im
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017698:Postmenopause; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery