A case of lymphoma occurring in an ovarian teratoma

We describe the discovery, by pathology, of a totally unexpected diagnosis involving an ovarian teratoma. A middle-aged woman underwent routine total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingoophrectomy for ultrasonically diagnosed uterine fibroids and a coexistent benign right ovarian cyst. The...

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Published in:Gynecologic oncology 2003-08, Vol.90 (2), p.474-477
Main Authors: McKelvey, Alastair, McKenna, Daniel, McManus, Damian, Joyce, Mona
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Female genital diseases
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis
Lymphoma - pathology
Lymphoma - surgery
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology
Ovarian Neoplasms - surgery
Teratoma - pathology
Teratoma - surgery
Tumors
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Summary:We describe the discovery, by pathology, of a totally unexpected diagnosis involving an ovarian teratoma. A middle-aged woman underwent routine total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingoophrectomy for ultrasonically diagnosed uterine fibroids and a coexistent benign right ovarian cyst. The operative findings were of fibroid uterus and right ovarian teratoma. However, pathology revealed a malignant lymphoma occuring in, and arising from, the teratoma. The routine removal of a presumed ovarian teratoma may yield unexpected results. Ovarian teratomas are indeed cellular chimeras.
ISSN:0090-8258
1095-6859
DOI:10.1016/S0090-8258(03)00246-4