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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2011; 49 (2)

Mature mesenteric teratoma in an adult male. A case report

Cuevas-Ocampo AK, Tavares-García S, Martínez-Gómez H

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 209-212
PDF size: 83.84 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Mesenteric teratoma matures in adulthood are extremely rare. The spectrum of differential diagnosis for intra-abdominal cystic lesions in male patients is limited and its occurrence is less than in female counterparts, being so a diagnostic problem for daily medical practice. The purpose of this study is to present this entity as an infrequent tumor, which can become a diagnostic challenge. Here we present a case of a mature teratom


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