Brown Bazil, Khalil Basem, Batra Gauri, Rampersad Barbara, Bruce James
Department of Paediatric Surgery and Histopathology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, Manchester, M274HA, UK.
J Pediatr Surg. 2008 Apr;43(4):e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.11.027.
Mature cystic teratoma (MCT) is a tumor of embryological origin, which contains tissue derived from any or all germ cell lines found in an abnormal location. We present 2 cases of MCT both arising from the porta hepatis that were incorrectly thought perioperatively to be a choledochal cyst, which subsequently were demonstrated on histology to be a MCT.