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. 2013 Jun 25;8:107. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-8-107

Table 1.

Clinical-characteristics, radiographic and pathologic features of primary teratoma of the kidney

Source, year  Side Age Sex Clinical presentation Radiographic features of renal mass Components of teratoma
Kojiro et al., [6]
 Left kidney
40 years
Male
Epigastric pain, nausea, no carcinoid syndrome
IVU: Marked dilatation of left renal pelvis
Mucous secretory glands, columnar epithelium, mature hyaline cartilage, smooth muscle
Fetissof et al., [7]
 Right kidney
65 years
Male
Fever, no carcinoid syndrome
IVU: Displaced left kidney and non-visualized right kidney
Transitional and mucinous columnar epithelium, smooth muscle, ossified chondroid plaques, nerve bundles with ganglion cells
Lodding et al., [8]
 Right kidney
23 years
Male
Abdominal pain, no carcinoid syndrome
CT: Calcification in horseshoe kidney
Mature bone
LIU et al., [5]
 Left kidney
2 years
Female
Poor appetite and poor activity 1 week in duration
CT: Huge tumor in the left kidney with calcification and necrosis
Yolk sac tumor and immature teratoma
Singer et a.l, [9]
 Left kidney
2 months
Male
Constipation and a palpable left flank mass
CT : Heterogeneous upper pole left renal neoplasm
Mature teratoma with rare
foci of immature elements
Govender et al., [10]
 Right kidney
3 years
Female
Bilateral coarse crackles and a wheeze. Abdominal distension
CT: Large tumour involving The right side of the abdomen
Mature renal teratoma and a synchronous malignant neuroepithelial tumour of the ipsilateral adrenal gland
Otani et al., 2001 [11]
 Left kidney
6 years
Male
Mass of a left side abdominal
CT: Multiple cystic masses
Keratinizing squamous epithelium with hair follicles, shafts and sebaceous glands. atrophy of the adjacent renal parenchyma, with partially dysplastic and angiomyolipoma
Yoo et al., [12]
 Left kidney
30 years
Female
Abdominal pain, no carcinoid syndrome
CT: Dense calcification with minimal contrast enhancement
Mucinous columnar epithelium, smooth muscle, mature bone
Yaqoob et al., [13]
 Left kidney
2 months
Female
Firm mass on left side of the abdomen, which was crossing to the right side as well
X-ray : soft tissue mass with areas of calcification Ultrasound : complex mass partly cystic and partly solid
Cystic spaces lined by keratinizing stratified squamous epithelium with skin adnexae
Kim et al., [14]
 Right kidney
39 years
Female
Asymptomatic, incidental renal mass, no carcinoid syndrome
CT: mass relatively well demarcated and incompletely marginated by a thin hypodense rim with globular calcifications
Mucinous columnar and Pseudostratified columnar epithelium with occasional cilia, mature bone
Kurzer et al., [15]
 Right kidney
58 years
Female
Asymptomatic, incidental renal mass, no carcinoid syndrome
CT: Round mass, smooth, and well marginated, with two solid clumps of calcifications
Transitional, colonic, squamous, and nonspecific cuboidal epithelium, mature adipose, focal osseous metaplasia
Choi et al., [16]
 Right kidney
4 years
Female
Right-sided abdominal mass
US : tumor with intermediate echogenicity and an ovoid, hypoechoic central region
Adipose tissue. squamous epithelial with abundant keratinous flakes. pilosebaceous adnexal elements
Ledo et al., [17]
 Left kidney
4 months
Male
Left -sided abdominal mass
CT: Heterogeneous tumor, amorphous calcifications
Mature teratoma
Kyoko et al., [18]
 Right kidney
6 days
Female
Hard mass of 6 × 6 cm in diameter, in the right upper abdomen
CT: mass containing low-density areas from the isthmus to the right lower pole of a horseshoe kidney
Mature tissu contained neuroepithelial components
Henry B Armah et al., [19]
 Right kidney
35 years
Female
Right flank pain, right costovertebral angle tenderness, no carcinoid syndrome
CT: Exophytic, round, well-circumscribed mildly complex hypodense with globular calcifications
Urothelial-type and colonic epithelium,focal mature bone
Madhumita et al., [20]
 Right kidney
1 month
Male
Mass in the right side of theabdomen since birth
CT: soft tissue density mass with fat and fluid components arising from the right kidney. Multiple calcifications duplication of the cecum and Appendix
Mature benign teratoma
Current case  Left kidney 6 months Female Abdominal distension and pain US: pelvic left kidney measuring 18 cms in diameter with an important expansion of the excretory cavities and internal cystic and solid changes CT: mass containing low-density areas of the left kidney keratinizing stratified squamous epithelium with skin adnexae, cartilage, mucinous columnar epithelium,bone, melanin containing cells and neuroglial cells with occasional foci of immature neuroectodermal tissue

IVU IntraVenous Urography, CT Computed tomography, US ultrasonography.