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Retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma involving the left adrenal gland in a 75-year-old male: a case report and literature review
Primary retroperitoneal teratomas involving adrenal glands are extremely uncommon, particularly in elderly males. Only a few case reports have been documented in the literature so far. We report a mature cystic retroperitoneal teratoma in the region of left adrenal gland in an asymptomatic 75-year-o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7685396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33269070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa451 |
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author | Tojal, André Santos, Natália Vicente, João Carrilho, Noel Casimiro, Carlos |
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description | Primary retroperitoneal teratomas involving adrenal glands are extremely uncommon, particularly in elderly males. Only a few case reports have been documented in the literature so far. We report a mature cystic retroperitoneal teratoma in the region of left adrenal gland in an asymptomatic 75-year-old male patient. It was incidentally found on an abdominal computed tomography scan and was thought to be an adrenal adenoma. Because of its relatively large size and the patient’s request, he underwent a laparoscopic left adrenalectomy. Histopathological examination revealed a benign mature cystic retroperitoneal teratoma in the region of the left adrenal gland. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and is free of recurrence after 20 months of follow-up. Considering the diagnostic difficulty of retroperitoneal teratoma by radiologic imaging, and its risk of malignancy, surgical resection via a minimally invasive approach would be the best diagnostic and therapeutic option. A literature review on teratomas is included. |
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spelling | pubmed-76853962020-12-01 Retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma involving the left adrenal gland in a 75-year-old male: a case report and literature review Tojal, André Santos, Natália Vicente, João Carrilho, Noel Casimiro, Carlos J Surg Case Rep Case Report Primary retroperitoneal teratomas involving adrenal glands are extremely uncommon, particularly in elderly males. Only a few case reports have been documented in the literature so far. We report a mature cystic retroperitoneal teratoma in the region of left adrenal gland in an asymptomatic 75-year-old male patient. It was incidentally found on an abdominal computed tomography scan and was thought to be an adrenal adenoma. Because of its relatively large size and the patient’s request, he underwent a laparoscopic left adrenalectomy. Histopathological examination revealed a benign mature cystic retroperitoneal teratoma in the region of the left adrenal gland. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and is free of recurrence after 20 months of follow-up. Considering the diagnostic difficulty of retroperitoneal teratoma by radiologic imaging, and its risk of malignancy, surgical resection via a minimally invasive approach would be the best diagnostic and therapeutic option. A literature review on teratomas is included. Oxford University Press 2020-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7685396/ /pubmed/33269070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa451 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tojal, André Santos, Natália Vicente, João Carrilho, Noel Casimiro, Carlos Retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma involving the left adrenal gland in a 75-year-old male: a case report and literature review |
title | Retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma involving the left adrenal gland in a 75-year-old male: a case report and literature review |
title_full | Retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma involving the left adrenal gland in a 75-year-old male: a case report and literature review |
title_fullStr | Retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma involving the left adrenal gland in a 75-year-old male: a case report and literature review |
title_full_unstemmed | Retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma involving the left adrenal gland in a 75-year-old male: a case report and literature review |
title_short | Retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma involving the left adrenal gland in a 75-year-old male: a case report and literature review |
title_sort | retroperitoneal mature cystic teratoma involving the left adrenal gland in a 75-year-old male: a case report and literature review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7685396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33269070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa451 |
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