Publication: Mature ovarian cystic teratoma containing well-differentiated cerebellar tissue
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2017-01-01
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SONMEZ, F. Cavide
YILDIZ, PELİN
KIRAN, TUĞÇE
Arici, DİLEK SEMA
DANSUK, RAMAZAN
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A 38-year-old female patient experienced groin pain; ultrasound imaging revealed a dermoid cystic mass in the right ovary and a cystectomy was then performed. Unusually, a mature cerebellum is found in the cyst wall. The pathological diagnosis was -mature cystic teratoma with well-differentiated cerebral and cerebellar tissue-. Glial tissue is a common neural component of teratomas, but a cerebellum is extremely rare in mature ovarian cystic teratomas. The authors report the case because of its rare component; they acknowledge that a cystic teratoma is the most common neoplasm of ovarian germ cells.
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SONMEZ F. C. , YILDIZ P., KIRAN T., Arici D. S. , DANSUK R., -Mature ovarian cystic teratoma containing well-differentiated cerebellar tissue-, CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY, cilt.44, ss.470-471, 2017