Mature ovarian cystic teratoma containing well-differentiated cerebellar tissue.

Mature ovarian cystic teratoma containing well-differentiated cerebellar tissue. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2017;44(3):470-471 Authors: Cavide Sonmez F, Yildiz P, Kiran T, Sema Arici D, Dansuk R Abstract 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. PMID: 29949297 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology - Category: OBGYN Tags: Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol Source Type: research