1. Neurogenic Cyst of Ovary: An Unusual Massive Monodermal Teratoma
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Sudha Rani, S. Prasad Sah, and Kavita Verma
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Ovarian Neoplasms ,Cortical tissue ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multilocular cyst ,Adolescent ,Teratoma ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Ovary ,Anatomy ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Immunohistochemistry ,Cyst wall ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Ovarian Cysts ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Monodermal teratoma ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,Cyst - Abstract
An unusual massive benign cystic monodermal teratoma of the ovary in a 14-year-old girl is reported. The multilocular cyst measured 80 x 70 x 80 cm and contained 23 l of fluid. The cyst wall composed of purely mature central nervous system tissue with a prominent microvasculature resting on a thin rim of ovarian cortical tissue. Immunohistochemical stains supported the diagnosis. To the best of our knowledge only one such case has been described in the literature.
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- 2001
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