title: [Bilateral mature teratoma and pregnancy: case report].
abstract: We report a case of a 21 years old woman, pregnant (14.1 weeks of gestation), and with 24 hours of abdominal pain received at the emergency room. During examination we found gravid uterus and a mass in the right inguinal area and flank, independent from uterus, painful and with no uterine activity. We perform an obstetric ultrasound with this results: 13 weeks pregnancy and right adnexal cystic tumor with 15 x 14 cm. Patient undergo to emergency exploratory laparotomy, with previous application of indomethacin end progesterone. During surgery performance we observe a bilateral adnexal masse, right side affecting the complete ovary (salpingactomized), and left side extirpated leaving functional tissue ovary. Three days after, patient leaves the hospital without any complication. Pathology reports a bilateral mature teratoma.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. drrodrigolopez@hotmail.co
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: López Sandoval
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ballesteros Manzo
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Togo Peraza
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult