title: The laparoscopic approach of a torsion of a benign mature ovarian teratoma: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Benign mature teratomas account for approximately 10-15% of all ovarian neoplasms. Many patients with these dermoid cysts are asymptomatic. The most frequent complication is torsion of the teratoma (in 3,5% of the cases). In a 26-year female patient admitted for severe, acute abdominal pain, a computerized abdominal tomography in accordance with the clinical characteristics of the abdominal examination, was highly suggestive for a torsion of a teratoma. The diagnose was confirmed by a celioscopic operative approach and the teratoma with the left tubo-ovarian complex was successfully removed laparoscopically.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, AZ St.-Jan Bruges, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van de Walle
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dillemans
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vandelanotte
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Proot
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality