Well differentiated cerebellar tissue within a mature cystic teratoma.
We describe the case of a 27 year-old woman presenting with acute abdominal pain due to torsion of a right ovarian cyst. Histopathological examination of the excised lesion revealed a mature cystic ovarian teratoma consisting primarily of a highly organized cerebellar component, an exceedingly rare finding. The possibility of a malignant neuroepithelial tumor arising from immature precursor cells within this neural tissue justifies complete excision of such lesions.
Remadi
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Institut de Pathologie Clinique, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève, Switzerland.
Burkhardt
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Straccia
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Pizzolato
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Mac Gee
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D000328:Adult; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology*