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Solid:cystic teratoma containing different types of tissue like fat, albuminous liquid and other solid parts (MRI, T1-gradient echo sequence, coronal).
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Magnet Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealed a fat containing, solid and cystic retroperitoneal tumor with broad contact to the large vessels (Fig. 1).
The same tumor as in Figure 1 in a transversal section. Pancreas and splenic vein are displaced towards ventral. (MRI, T1, transversal).
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Furthermore, spleen and pancreas were displaced in an anterior position (Fig. 2).
Anatomy of case one.*. *Many thanks to Doctor K. Welt for his drawing.
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A schematic drawing of the topographic anatomy is given in Figure 3.
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Zystic-solid teratoma in the left abdomen (case 2; MRI, T1, coronal).
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Ultrasonography showed a large cystic-solid tumor located within the upper abdomen (Fig. 4).