Atypical presentation of a giant mature cystic teratoma in an adolescent patient

A case report.

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2023-12-22

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Machado, J. A., & Acosta, D. I. (2023). Atypical presentation of a giant mature cystic teratoma in an adolescent patient: A case report. Oncology Journal (Ecuador), 33(3), 273–280. https://doi.org/10.33821/691

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Vol. 33 No. 3 (2023): Vol. 33 No. 3 (2023): December - March

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Case Reports

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Copyright (c) 2023 Jaime Andrés Machado Bernal, Dewi Isabel Acosta Mendoza

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Authors

  • Jaime Machado Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia – Universidad Libre. Clínica General del Norte. Ginecología Oncológica. Barranquilla, Atlántico. Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7103-4951
  • Dewi Acosta Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia – Universidad Libre. Clínica General del Norte. Ginecología Oncológica. Barranquilla, Atlántico. Colombia https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5401-0318

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33821/691

Keywords:

Teratoma, Embryonic germ cells, Adolescent, Neoplasms, Case Reports

Abstract

Introduction: Mature cystic teratoma is a type of tumor derived from germ cells that appears in patients of childbearing age. The most common age at which this type of tumor appears is 20 – 40.

Clinical case: The case of an 18-year-old adolescent patient with a giant abdominal mass of abrupt growth is presented, whose presentation was atypical given its size, which manifested with acute abdominal pain.

Treatment: Resection of the mass is performed, which confirms the histopathological diagnosis of mature cystic teratoma.

Conclusion: This type of pathology rarely presents with growth as exaggerated as in the case of the patient mentioned. Surgical resolution continues to be the gold standard in terms of treatment.

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