title: Spontaneous rupture of benign cystic teratomas.
abstract: Spontaneous preoperative rupture and/or perforation of an adjacent organ by a benign cystic teratoma is rare. Between 1952 and 1979 there were 4 documented cases at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The incidence, etiology, and pathology of this complication are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous