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Mature splenic teratoma: A rare case report

INTRODUCTION: Teratomas are germ cell neoplasms that can be malignant or benign. Their occurrence is more prevalent in gonads, but there are rare extragonal reports, and splenic teratomas are exceptionally uncommon. CASE REPORT: A 44-year-old woman with a report of abdominal pain on the left flank f...

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Autores principales: Kavagutti, Mayume Silva, Marques, Eduardo Brenner Cavalcante, da Silva, Felipe de Seixas, Trabulsi, Maria Fernanda Martinelli, Marini, Bruno Roberto Gianini
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7803625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33412409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.11.082
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author Kavagutti, Mayume Silva
Marques, Eduardo Brenner Cavalcante
da Silva, Felipe de Seixas
Trabulsi, Maria Fernanda Martinelli
Marini, Bruno Roberto Gianini
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description INTRODUCTION: Teratomas are germ cell neoplasms that can be malignant or benign. Their occurrence is more prevalent in gonads, but there are rare extragonal reports, and splenic teratomas are exceptionally uncommon. CASE REPORT: A 44-year-old woman with a report of abdominal pain on the left flank for 12 h, was evaluated with TC that visualized spleen showing an oval, intraparenchymal, hypodense image with dense areas, submitted to conventional splenectomy, what identified mature cystic teratoma. DISCUSSION: Dermoid cysts have nonspecific symptoms, usually related to extrinsic compression of other structures or rupture of the splenic capsule; the diagnosis is complex, since the alterations in imaging exams are not very specific. Thus, the confirmation is made through anatomopathological analysis. CONCLUSION: Mature splenic cystic teratomas are rare and treatment should be evaluated according to the presence or absence of symptoms and diagnostic certainty.
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spelling pubmed-78036252021-01-19 Mature splenic teratoma: A rare case report Kavagutti, Mayume Silva Marques, Eduardo Brenner Cavalcante da Silva, Felipe de Seixas Trabulsi, Maria Fernanda Martinelli Marini, Bruno Roberto Gianini Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Teratomas are germ cell neoplasms that can be malignant or benign. Their occurrence is more prevalent in gonads, but there are rare extragonal reports, and splenic teratomas are exceptionally uncommon. CASE REPORT: A 44-year-old woman with a report of abdominal pain on the left flank for 12 h, was evaluated with TC that visualized spleen showing an oval, intraparenchymal, hypodense image with dense areas, submitted to conventional splenectomy, what identified mature cystic teratoma. DISCUSSION: Dermoid cysts have nonspecific symptoms, usually related to extrinsic compression of other structures or rupture of the splenic capsule; the diagnosis is complex, since the alterations in imaging exams are not very specific. Thus, the confirmation is made through anatomopathological analysis. CONCLUSION: Mature splenic cystic teratomas are rare and treatment should be evaluated according to the presence or absence of symptoms and diagnostic certainty. Elsevier 2020-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7803625/ /pubmed/33412409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.11.082 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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da Silva, Felipe de Seixas
Trabulsi, Maria Fernanda Martinelli
Marini, Bruno Roberto Gianini
Mature splenic teratoma: A rare case report
title Mature splenic teratoma: A rare case report
title_full Mature splenic teratoma: A rare case report
title_fullStr Mature splenic teratoma: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Mature splenic teratoma: A rare case report
title_short Mature splenic teratoma: A rare case report
title_sort mature splenic teratoma: a rare case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7803625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33412409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.11.082
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