title: Squamous cell carcinoma in mature cystic teratoma in a young woman: a diagnostic and management dilemma.
abstract: Mature cystic teratomas of the ovary are one of the most common ovarian neoplasms found in reproductive age women. The most common type of malignancy associated with ovarian mature cystic teratomas is squamous cell carcinoma. The frequency of this type of malignant degeneration is age related and is most common in the fifth and sixth decade of life. A case of a squamous cell carcinoma which developed in a mature cystic teratoma in a 25-year-old female is presented and issues regarding the diagnosis and management of this rare complication are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Comerci
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Runowicz
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy