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Published on: September 13, 2019
Squamous cell carcinoma arising from primary retroperitoneal mature teratoma
Leena D Joseph1, M Kanmani Devi, Sandhya Sundaram
1Department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute (DU), Porur, Chennai 600 116, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract:
A 65 year old postmenopausal female presented with left sided abdominal pain. Sonogram revealed an intra-abdominal 7.4 x 5.7 cm heterogenous mass. On laparotomy, approximately 10 X 10 cm mesenteric mass was seen adherent to the descending colon. Multiple omental tumor deposits were also noted. Gross examination showed solid and cystic tumor with sebaceous material admixed with hair. Histopathology showed mature cystic teratoma with a spectrum of well to poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with omental metastasis.
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