Paraneoplastic syndromes revealing ovarian teratoma in young and menopausal women: report of two cases.
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- Academic Journal
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- Boujoual M; Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, University of Medicine Tangier, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Hakimi I; Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Kassidi F; Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Akhoudad Y; Department of Internal Medicine, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Sahel N; Department of Internal Medicine, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Rkiouak A; Department of Internal Medicine, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Allaoui M; Department of Pathology, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Chahdi H; Department of Pathology, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Oukabli M; Department of Pathology, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Kouach J; Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Moussaoui DR; Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.; Dehayni M; Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Maroc.
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- Publisher: African Field Epidemiology Network Country of Publication: Uganda NLM ID: 101517926 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1937-8688 (Electronic) NLM ISO Abbreviation: Pan Afr Med J Subsets: MEDLINE
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- English
Paraneoplastic syndromes are a heterogeneous group of clinical and biological manifestations caused by underling neoplasms. They can reveal ovarian teratoma which express neuroendocrine proteins, or contain mature or immature neural tissue inducing an autoimmune response. The etiological investigation is then crucial to early identification of the tumor in order to optimize the prognosis and to limit neurological sequelae. In case of ovarian teratoma, management is essentially based on surgical resection sometimes associated with immunotherapie. We report two new cases of ovarian teratoma revealed by paraneoplastic syndromes in young and menopausal woman.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interest.