Giant mature teratoma of the retroperitoneal pelvic floor in an adult with combined developmental malformations of the reproductive system: A case report

Abstract

Rationale: Teratoma is a germ cell tumor with multidirectional differentiation potential, but retroperitoneal and sacrococcygeal teratomas are relatively rare.

Patient concerns: A 32-year-old adult woman with a right duplicated ureter and left unicornuate uterus was found to have had a large pelvic mass for more than 8 years, which was increasing in size year by year.

Diagnoses: After 2 surgeries that failed to remove the pelvic mass completely, and the biopsy of the mass only suggested that it was a mature teratoma.

Interventions: The third time, after the transabdominal and transsacral combined pathway surgery, the mass was finally removed completely and found to have grown from the pelvic floor to the presacral area and finally to the right pelvic wall.

Outcomes: At 1-year follow-up, the patient had no complications, and serial pelvic ultrasounds showed no recurrence or metastasis.

Lessons: Thus, we demonstrate the feasibility of a combined transabdominal and transsacral approach for resecting this large mature retroperitoneal teratoma of the pelvic floor, providing a reference for surgeons managing similarly complex cases.

Keywords: pelvic floor tumor; retroperitoneal tumor; teratoma.

Figure 1.

MR images of a retroperitoneal pelvic floor teratoma: sagittal view (A), cross-sectional view (B), and coronal view (C). MR = magnetic resonance.

Figure 2.

We show the position of the attached retroperitoneal pelvic floor teratoma (arrow) before laparoscopic unresection (A). We show the retroperitoneal pelvic floor teratoma after resection and the 2 sides of the tunnel (arrows) (B). Localized suture (arrow) (C). The capsule of the removed teratoma in specimen bag (arrow) (D).