title: Postchemotherapy resection of a primary mature malignant retroperitoneal teratoma in an adult: report of a case.
abstract: We herein report a rare case of a 47-year-old man with a primary mature retroperitoneal malignant teratoma. The patient received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and the residual tumor was resected. A histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of malignant teratoma with endodermal, ectodermal, and mesenchymal structures. The patient is alive and disease free at 13 months after resection.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leandros
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alexakis
authors.forename: Manousos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konstadoulakis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Albanopoulos
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dikoglou
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bramis
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*