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Ultrasound of ovarian dermoids – sonographic findings of a dermoid cyst in a 41‐year‐old woman with an elevated serum hCG
Author(s) -
Kite Lauren,
Uppal Talat
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2205-0140
pISSN - 1836-6864
DOI - 10.1002/j.2205-0140.2011.tb00119.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermoid cyst , ultrasound , gynecology , ultrasonography , transvaginal ultrasound , radiology , anatomy
Ovarian dermoid cysts are made up of solid, cystic and fat tissue. These components give rise to characteristic sonographic features such as a fat‐fluid level, dermoid mesh and tip of the iceberg sign. The presence of two or more of these typical features can be used to confidently diagnose a dermoid cyst on ultrasound. This 41‐year‐old woman with a known cystic lesion on her right ovary which, on ultrasound, demonstrated two of these features, had the diagnosis of a dermoid cyst later confirmed on histopathology. She concurrently had an elevated serum human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), an unusual, but not unknown, finding in the presence of a dermoid cyst. The hCG resolved after removal of the ovarian cyst.