Mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from one retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma in a postmenopausal woman.
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.
Song
Eun-Seop
ES
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Inha University, Shinheung-dong, Jung-gu, Icheon, Korea. songsong2000@inha.ac.kr
Choi
Suk-Jin
SJ
Kim
Lucia
L
Choi
Sun-Keun
SK
Ryu
Jeong-Seon
JS
Lim
Myung-Kwan
MK
Song
Yun-Seob
YS
Im
Moon-Whan
MW
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