title: Mature (benign) cystic retroperitoneal teratoma involving the left adrenal gland in a 22-year-old male: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Primary retroperitoneal teratomas involving adrenal glands are exceedingly uncommon accounting for only 4% of all primary teratomas. They are more common in childhood and rarely occur in adults. Only a very few case reports have been documented in literature so far. Herein, we report a mature (benign) cystic retroperitoneal teratoma in the region of left adrenal gland in a 22-year-old otherwise healthy male patient who presented with a 1-month history of left flank pain. In addition, a literature review on teratomas is included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC), P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.forename: Hindi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Hindi
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azzam
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abu-Zaid