title: Monodermal highly specialized teratoma of the ovary: a sebaceous gland tumor.
abstract: Teratomas are neoplasms that originate in pluripotential cells and contain representations of all three germ layers in a rather mature state. Specialized forms of teratoma with unilateral development of certain tissues, such as struma ovarii, argentaffin tumors, cholesteatoma, primary choriocarcinoma of the ovary, pseudomucinous cystoma and neurogenic cysts are known. In this paper we describe an ovarian teratoma consisting entirely of sebaceous glands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery Pietro Valdoni, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cicchini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Larcinese
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aurello
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Mingazzini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Indinnimeo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012627:Sebaceous Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome