title: Irregular dental structures in a benign ovarian cystic teratoma (dermoid cyst): case report.
abstract: Mature cystic teratomas, often referred to as dermoid cysts, are the most common germ cell tumors of the ovary in women of reproductive age. The gross pathologic appearance of a dermoid cysts is characteristic. Hair follicles, skin glands, muscle, and other tissues lie within the cyst wall. We present a case of a dermoid cyst ovarian tumor in a 24-your-old patient with a tooth lying on each wall. The mass was laparoscopically removed by ovarian cystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Liberis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tsikouras
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sivridis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dadidou
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koutlaki
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galazios
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014070:Tooth