Growing Teratoma Syndrome of Ovary: An Unusual and a Late Manifestation in the Small Bowel, a Very Rare Encounter
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Abstract: Growing teratoma syndrome of an ovarian non Dysgerminomatous germ cell neoplasm is a rare clinical phenomenon that is characterized by multiple enlarging masses composed of mature elements. Growing teratoma as an ovarian tumour is uncommon,it is more frequently described in testicular germ cell tumours. This report concerned a young woman aged 30 years with growing teratoma late presentation, twenty years after her first surgery, presented like metastaticrecurrent disease, who required complete resection with small bowel anastomosis. The exact cause of conversion and growth is unknown and is hypothesized to be induced by chemotherapy. Knowledge of this entity is important, to avoid misdiagnosis as disease recurrence and continuing chemotherapy, as these patients with non-dysgerminomatous germ cell tumours who present with recurrent metastatic masses during or after chemotherapy,in the context of normalized serum markers are refractory to chemotherapy. Complete resection is essential to prevent progression of tumour and is often curative, hence, it will render better prognosis.
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Anjum Ifthikar, Jayashree V, Sujoy Mitra, Uma Devi K, U. D. Bafna
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