Malignant transformation arising from mature cystic teratoma of the ovary presenting as ovarian torsion: a case report and literature review

Objective: Ovarian torsion is an acute gynecological condition. Torsion is more likely to occur with benign rather than malignant tumors. Mature cystic teratoma of the ovary (MCTO) is frequent in women of reproductive age; however, the incidence of malignant transformation is approximately 2%. We re...

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Autores principales: Toba, Naoya, Takahashi, Toshifumi, Ota, Kuniaki, Takanashi, Atsuhiro, Iizawa, Yoshiyuki, Endo, Yuta, Furukawa, Shigenori, Soeda, Shu, Watanabe, Takafumi, Mizunuma, Hideki, Fujimori, Keiya, Takeichi, Kazuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: THE FUKUSHIMA SOCIETY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7269886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32161199
http://dx.doi.org/10.5387/fms.2019-31

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