Open AccessAn Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Teratoma: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Seema Khanna,
Vivek Srivastava,
Sanjay Kumar Saroj,
Shashi Prakash Mishra,
Shyam Gupta
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-648X
pISSN - 2090-6498
DOI - 10.1155/2012/845198
Subject(s) - ovarian teratoma , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , teratoma , mature cystic teratoma , ovarian tumor , general surgery , pathology , ovarian cancer , radiology , cancer
Mature cystic teratomas account for 10–20% of all ovarian neoplasms and are the most common neoplasm in younger patients. Spontaneous rupture of the teratoma is rare and has been occasionally reported. Here we present an unusual case of left ovarian teratoma rupturing into sigmoid colon.
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