CLINICAL NOTES: R retroperitoneal tumour resection. ?Teratoma.
MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION: "Retroperitoneal tumour": The specimen is a grey fluctuant cystic mass, 7753g and 335x270x60mm with adrenal gland 60x25x10mm stretched over the surface. A separate rounded mass 20x15x10mm and loose tissue 35x20x10mm are also present in the container. The main mass has two locules 170x100mm and 280x200mm containing sebaceous material and hair. The cyst content is photographed and discarded. The cyst wall ranges from 2-10mm in width. The separate mass is also cystic, with locules ranging from 2-10mm in maximum dimension.
BLOCK DESIGNATION: A - rounded mass. B-E,G - main cystic mass, with thicker areas of wall. F - loose tissue. H - adrenal. I,K,L - rounded mass J,M-R - main cystic mass, with remaining thicker areas of wall. S,T - loose tissue. P17. (GS)