Gastric teratoma with intramural extension

摘要

Gastric teratoma is an extremely rare neoplasm which accounts for less than two percent of all teratomas. Unlike other teratomas, gastric teratomas are all benign and predominantly occur in males. As gastric teratomas generally present as a palpable abdominal mass, more aggressive solid masses of childhood must be excluded. In this case, CT imaging delineates both cystic and fatty components characteristic of teratoma and displays the rare gastric origin of the lesion.