Cargando…

Huge Benign Ovarian Cystic Teratoma in a Patient with a History of Hansen's Disease

Mature ovarian cystic teratomas are common benign ovarian neoplasm derived from germ cells. With increasing availability of ultrasound services even in developing countries, the diagnosis of benign ovarian tumour is made earlier and the size of the ovarian tumour at diagnosis is relatively small. It...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Okonta, Patrick I., Mofon, Chukwuemeke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25210635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/345767
_version_ 1782334045246455808
author Okonta, Patrick I.
Mofon, Chukwuemeke
author_facet Okonta, Patrick I.
Mofon, Chukwuemeke
author_sort Okonta, Patrick I.
collection PubMed
description Mature ovarian cystic teratomas are common benign ovarian neoplasm derived from germ cells. With increasing availability of ultrasound services even in developing countries, the diagnosis of benign ovarian tumour is made earlier and the size of the ovarian tumour at diagnosis is relatively small. It is unusual to find an ovarian cystic teratoma larger than 10 cm. We report a huge mature ovarian cystic teratoma in a multipara with a history of Hansen's disease. We conclude that, in circumstances where women have restricted access to health care, the unusual finding of mature ovarian cystic teratoma larger than 10 cm is possible due to delayed presentation for diagnosis and treatment.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4158426
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2014
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-41584262014-09-10 Huge Benign Ovarian Cystic Teratoma in a Patient with a History of Hansen's Disease Okonta, Patrick I. Mofon, Chukwuemeke Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Mature ovarian cystic teratomas are common benign ovarian neoplasm derived from germ cells. With increasing availability of ultrasound services even in developing countries, the diagnosis of benign ovarian tumour is made earlier and the size of the ovarian tumour at diagnosis is relatively small. It is unusual to find an ovarian cystic teratoma larger than 10 cm. We report a huge mature ovarian cystic teratoma in a multipara with a history of Hansen's disease. We conclude that, in circumstances where women have restricted access to health care, the unusual finding of mature ovarian cystic teratoma larger than 10 cm is possible due to delayed presentation for diagnosis and treatment. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4158426/ /pubmed/25210635 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/345767 Text en Copyright © 2014 P. I. Okonta and C. Mofon. 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.
spellingShingle Case Report
Okonta, Patrick I.
Mofon, Chukwuemeke
Huge Benign Ovarian Cystic Teratoma in a Patient with a History of Hansen's Disease
title Huge Benign Ovarian Cystic Teratoma in a Patient with a History of Hansen's Disease
title_full Huge Benign Ovarian Cystic Teratoma in a Patient with a History of Hansen's Disease
title_fullStr Huge Benign Ovarian Cystic Teratoma in a Patient with a History of Hansen's Disease
title_full_unstemmed Huge Benign Ovarian Cystic Teratoma in a Patient with a History of Hansen's Disease
title_short Huge Benign Ovarian Cystic Teratoma in a Patient with a History of Hansen's Disease
title_sort huge benign ovarian cystic teratoma in a patient with a history of hansen's disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25210635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/345767
work_keys_str_mv AT okontapatricki hugebenignovariancysticteratomainapatientwithahistoryofhansensdisease
AT mofonchukwuemeke hugebenignovariancysticteratomainapatientwithahistoryofhansensdisease