Growing teratoma syndrome with porta hepatis involvement - a case report

Growing teratoma syndrome is a rare entity of tumors, it arises seldomly from ovarian and testicular carcinoma. It presents with disseminating masses of mature teratoma during or following chemotherapy of malignant germ cell tumors. We are reporting a 19-year old presented with recurrent left ovaria...

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Published in:International medical case reports journal 2019-03, Vol.12, p.75-78
Main Authors: Abdulraheem, Ekhlas Ahmed, Sait, Maram K, Sait, Khalid H, Anfinan, Nisreen M, Elkadi, Osama R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Biomarkers
Calcification
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Cancer treatment
Carcinoma
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Cysts
Diagnostic imaging
Germinoma
Growing teratoma syndrome
Gynecology
Histopathology
Literature reviews
Liver
Malignant germ cell tumor
Medical schools
Medicine
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Porta hepatis
Postoperative complications
Surgery
Teratoma
Testicular cancer
Tumors
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Summary:Growing teratoma syndrome is a rare entity of tumors, it arises seldomly from ovarian and testicular carcinoma. It presents with disseminating masses of mature teratoma during or following chemotherapy of malignant germ cell tumors. We are reporting a 19-year old presented with recurrent left ovarian mass and supra renal large mass close to the porta hepatis was seen on magnetic resonance imaging. This patient was treated 3 years ago for stage I immature teratoma with left ovarian cystectomy and chemotherapy. Surgical excision of the left ovary and the abdominal mass required meticulous dissection, and the mass was shaved off the porta hepatis with no intraoperative or postoperative complications. Pathology showed mature teratoma. She has no recurrent 5 years after treatment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report describing close relation of growing teratoma syndrome to the porta hepatis, no such case report like this has been reported in our region.
ISSN:1179-142X
1179-142X
DOI:10.2147/IMCRJ.S185572