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01-01-2010 | Letter to the Editor

Malignant transformation of ovarian mature cystic teratoma in a postmenopausal woman presented as acute abdomen

Authors: Ioannis Korkontzelos, Charalampos Stamatopoulos, Nikolaos Antoniou, Anastasia Zagaliki, Asimina Demou, Georgios Bakolas

Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Issue 1/2010

Abstract

Malignant transformation of mature cystic teratomas is uncommon but present in clinical practice. Especially in postmenopausal women, the clinical manifestation of a mature teratoma with undiagnosed malignant transformation as acute abdomen is extremely rare. In these cases, total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is the treatment choice since the chance of malignancy is high. The prognosis is good if the cyst is not ruptured, is completely excised and the cancer does not extend beyond the capsule. In any other case, the prognosis is unfavorable since recurrence is common and the tumor is chemoresistant.

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Title: Malignant transformation of ovarian mature cystic teratoma in a postmenopausal woman presented as acute abdomen
Authors: Ioannis Korkontzelos
Charalampos Stamatopoulos
Nikolaos Antoniou
Anastasia Zagaliki
Asimina Demou
Georgios Bakolas
Publication date: 01-01-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-009-1097-x

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