Mature ovarian cystic teratoma containing well-differentiated cerebellar tissue
- Resource Type
- Authors
- F. Cavide Sönmez; Pelin Yildiz; Tugce Kiran; Ramazan Dansuk; D. Sema Arıcı
- Source
- Subject
- Adult
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Cerebellum
endocrine system
Cystic teratoma
endocrine system diseases
medicine.medical_treatment
Cystectomy
Humans
Medicine
Neoplasm
Pathological
Ovarian Neoplasms
Groin
business.industry
Teratoma
Obstetrics and Gynecology
medicine.disease
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Well differentiated
medicine.anatomical_structure
Reproductive Medicine
Female
business
Ovarian Cystic Teratoma
- Language
- English
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.