Extraorgan retroperitoneal mature teratoma in a 12-year-old child
Teratomas are germ cell tumors consisting of derivatives of 3 germ layers and having various malignant potential - from benign mature forms to immature embryonic and forms with somatic type of malignancy.This article describes the clinical case of rare localization of mature teratoma - retroperitoneal space, as well as an example of multidisciplinary interaction of clinicians, radiation diagnosticians and pathomorphologists in correct preoperative diagnosis using computed tomography, successful surgical treatment and histological verification of extraorgan teratoma of the retroperitoneal space.