Huge teratoma in a teenager

Mature cystic teratoma is the most common ovarian tumor in young females. We are presenting a 13-year-old African–American female with abdominal distension. Computed tomography of the abdomen showed midline cystic mass. Diagnosis was confirmed after laparoscopic left salpingo-oophorectomy. Malignant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alamarat, Zain, Onwuzurike, Nkechi, Azher, Qazi, Al Hadidi, Samer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5570054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28852533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx040
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Sumario:Mature cystic teratoma is the most common ovarian tumor in young females. We are presenting a 13-year-old African–American female with abdominal distension. Computed tomography of the abdomen showed midline cystic mass. Diagnosis was confirmed after laparoscopic left salpingo-oophorectomy. Malignant transformation of mature cystic teratoma is rare.

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