Gonadotropin-producing benign cystic teratoma simulating a ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
Benign cystic teratomas are asymptomatic in many cases. There are some reports of production of thyroid-stimulating hormone, estrogen, testosterone, and prolactin by these tumors. This article reports a patient in whom a twisted cystic teratoma simulated ruptured ectopic pregnancy by beta human chorionic gonadotropin production and hemorrhage into the peritoneal cavity.
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D000328:Adult; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic; D010446:Peptide Fragments