Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Arising from an Ovarian Mature Cystic Teratoma in a 12-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report - 06/10/17
, Rania Bakkar, MD 2, Jason Q. McKee, MD 2, Nancy Sokkary, MD 3Abstract |
Background |
Ovarian mature cystic teratomas (MCTs) rarely transform to primary primitive neuroectodermal tumors. This case report offers evidence that MCTs might have undetected microfoci of malignant neural tumors.
Case |
We describe the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with right-sided abdominal pain and distention. Intraoperative findings revealed a right ovarian MCT. However, pathology showed a 0.5-cm focus of malignant neural tumor within the 11-cm MCT.
Summary and Conclusion |
This patient will need close follow-up with a multidisciplinary team because the clinical implications of this transformation has yet to be defined.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : Mature ovarian cystic teratoma, Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor, Adolescent, MCT, PNET
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| The author indicates no conflicts of interest. |
Vol 30 - N° 4
P. 511-512 - août 2017 Retour au numéro
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