Immature ovarian teratoma in a postmenopausal woman.
We report the first case of immature ovarian teratoma occurring after menopause in a 57-year-old, 3 years postmenopausal woman. Within one year after resection of the teratoma she developed peritoneal botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma, which probably originated from initially unrecognized rhabdomyoblasts in the teratoma. The patient died 6 months later from progressive disease after a transient adriamycin-induced tumor response. The literature on ovarian immature teratoma and ovarian rhabdomyosarcoma is briefly reviewed, and the available treatment is discussed.
Department of Pathology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide