title: Low-grade immature teratomas with peritoneal gliomatosis; a case report.
abstract: Immature teratomas with peritoneal gliomatosis are rare. Eight cases have been registered by the Dutch Ovarian Tumor Committee and one patient, presented in this paper, was treated recently. The follow-up in these cases indicates a good prognosis, even in grade 2 teratomas. Peritoneal implants do not influence adversely the prognosis when they are composed of mature glial tissue. A conservative approach seems to be justified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, St. Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gratama
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Swaak-Saeys
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: van der Weiden
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chadha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology*; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery