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

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.