European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

HUGE MATURE CYSTIC OVARIAN TERATOMA; A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

*Akpor I. O., Vhriterhire R. A., Ojo B. A., Ngbea J. A., Terkula D. G. and Agwa M.

ABSTRACT

Tumours of the ovary are ovarian teratomas in 15 to 20% of cases, of which most are the benign or mature cystic teratoma type. They characteristically commonly appear as unilocular cysts, but in the case we report predominantly multilocular cysts were seen, containing grumous sebaceous material and tufts of hair protruding from the tumour cysts. It is a case of bilateral mature cystic teratoma, that we have described and reported because of the very massive gross abdominal size it had caused, and an initial suspicion of a likely malignancy, but it turned out to be a benign lesion following histopathological examination and diagnosis.

Keywords: Dermoid cyst, Cystic Teratoma, Huge Ovarian tumour.