Malignant Transformation in a Mature Teratoma with Metastatic Deposits in the Omentum: A Case Report

Malignant transformation of a mature cystic teratoma (MCT) is a very rare complication with an incidence of 0.17–2%;. The most common form of malignant transformation of the MCT is squamous cell carcinoma. Other tumors arising in MCT include basal cell carcinoma, sebaceous tumor, malignant melanoma,...

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Autores principales: Mandal, Shramana, Badhe, Bhawana A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23082264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/568062
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description Malignant transformation of a mature cystic teratoma (MCT) is a very rare complication with an incidence of 0.17–2%;. The most common form of malignant transformation of the MCT is squamous cell carcinoma. Other tumors arising in MCT include basal cell carcinoma, sebaceous tumor, malignant melanoma, adenocarcinoma, sarcoma, and neuroectodermal tumor. However malignant transformation with metastatic deposits in the omentum is extremely rare. The present case highlights the rarity of the occurrence of an omental deposits in a case of mature cystic teratoma with malignant transformation.
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spelling pubmed-34690882012-10-18 Malignant Transformation in a Mature Teratoma with Metastatic Deposits in the Omentum: A Case Report Mandal, Shramana Badhe, Bhawana A. Case Rep Pathol Case Report Malignant transformation of a mature cystic teratoma (MCT) is a very rare complication with an incidence of 0.17–2%;. The most common form of malignant transformation of the MCT is squamous cell carcinoma. Other tumors arising in MCT include basal cell carcinoma, sebaceous tumor, malignant melanoma, adenocarcinoma, sarcoma, and neuroectodermal tumor. However malignant transformation with metastatic deposits in the omentum is extremely rare. The present case highlights the rarity of the occurrence of an omental deposits in a case of mature cystic teratoma with malignant transformation. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3469088/ /pubmed/23082264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/568062 Text en Copyright © 2012 S. Mandal and B. A. Badhe. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Malignant Transformation in a Mature Teratoma with Metastatic Deposits in the Omentum: A Case Report
title Malignant Transformation in a Mature Teratoma with Metastatic Deposits in the Omentum: A Case Report
title_full Malignant Transformation in a Mature Teratoma with Metastatic Deposits in the Omentum: A Case Report
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title_full_unstemmed Malignant Transformation in a Mature Teratoma with Metastatic Deposits in the Omentum: A Case Report
title_short Malignant Transformation in a Mature Teratoma with Metastatic Deposits in the Omentum: A Case Report
title_sort malignant transformation in a mature teratoma with metastatic deposits in the omentum: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23082264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/568062
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