Open AccessSquamous cell carcinoma arising in mature cystic teratoma with sigmoid invasion
Author(s) -
Pooja Srivastava,
Leelavathi Dawson,
Ashish Kumar Mandal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.148692
Subject(s) - mature cystic teratoma , adenocarcinoma , pathology , histology , medicine , basal cell , malignant transformation , metastasis , teratoma , carcinoma , asymptomatic , cyst , cancer
Malignant transformation in a mature cystic teratoma (MCT) is rare occurring in 1.8% out of 8000 cases of MCT. The most common histological types are squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) followed by adenocarcinoma and melanoma. Clinically, these tumors are usually asymptomatic but may be discovered accidentally during gynecologic examination due to mass effect. We present cytology and histology correlation of a rare case of SCC arising in a dermoid cyst with metastasis to sigmoid