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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2014; 6(5): 80-83
Published online May 27, 2014. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v6.i5.80
Published online May 27, 2014. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v6.i5.80
Rare cause of abdominal incidentaloma: Hepatoduodenal ligament teratoma
Vagner Birk Jeismann, Rodrigo Blanco Dumarco, Ricardo Correa Barbuti, José Jukemura, Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05403-900, Brazil
Celso di Loreto, CICAP Pathology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, Sao Paulo, SP 01323-903, Brazil
Celso di Loreto, The Adolfo Lutz Institute, Sao Paulo, SP 01246-902, Brazil
Author contributions: Jeismann VB, Dumarco RB and Jukemura J performed the procedure; Jeismann VB and Dumarco RB reviewed the literature; di Loreto C, Barbuti RC and Jukemura J analyzed and reviewed the paper; Jeismann VB and Jukemura J wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Vagner Birk Jeismann, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenida Doutor Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 255 Central Institute, Room 9074, São Paulo, SP 05403-900, Brazil. vjeismann@gmail.com
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Received: November 21, 2013
Revised: January 10, 2014
Accepted: April 17, 2014
Published online: May 27, 2014
Revised: January 10, 2014
Accepted: April 17, 2014
Published online: May 27, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: The 10th reported case of hepatoduodenal ligament teratoma is presented in a patient who underwent cross-sectional imaging for the evaluation of an abdominal mass. As incidences of hepatoduodenal ligament teratoma are extremely rare, this report may help physicians to suspect this disorder in an emergent group of patients with abdominal incidentaloma.