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Year:
2021 |
Month:
January
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Volume:
10 |
Issue:
1 |
Page:
PC07 - PC09 |
Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Arising in a Mature Cystic Teratoma: A Rare Occurrence
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Correspondence
V Marisa DSouza, Premila De Sousa Rocha, RG Wiseman Pinto, Nadine Gracias, V Marisa DSouza,
34, La Oceana Colony, Phase-2, Taleigao Plateau, Dona Paula, Goa, Panaji, India.
E-mail: marissarebello@gmail.com :
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Mature Cystic Teratomas (MCT) makeup almost 20% of all ovarian neoplasms. Emergence of a benign or malignant neoplasm with somatic type features is an uncommon event in MCT, occurring in approximately 2% of all cases. Malignancy associated with a MCT is rare and occurs in 1-2% cases. The most common malignancy associated with a MCT is a squamous cell carcinoma, which occurs in 75% of cases, while adenocarcinoma arising from MCT is rare, with an incidence of just 7%. This article presents a case of mucinous adenocarcinoma, arising in a MCT in a 39-year-old female patient who presented with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. Following a diagnostic laparoscopy, which revealed one litre turbid ascitic fluid and evidence of a ruptured large left ovarian cyst, a provisional diagnosis of left ovarian tumour was made. Emergency laparotomy was performed and the specimen of left salpingo-ovariotomy, on histopathological examination revealed grossly a cystic ovarian mass with solid areas on the inner cyst wall. The microscopic picture showed a mucinous adenocarcinoma arising in a MCT.
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