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Hair and cartilaginous material removed intraoperatively from the mature cystic teratoma of pancreas.
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The contents of the cyst showed hair and a tooth (Figure 1).
Cyst wall lined by flat epithelial cells over cartilaginous tissue made mature chondroid cells, derived from mesodermal cells.
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Histopathology sections showed bony trabeculae with marrow elements, hyaline cartilage, nerve bundles with ganglion cells, hair shafts, adipose tissue, keratinous material, focal areas of calcification, and fragments of stratified squamous epitheliumsuggestive of mature cystic teratoma of pancreas (Figure 2).