title: Ruptured ovarian teratoma presenting as peritonitis.
abstract: A 55-year-old lady reported to the surgical OPD with clinical findings of acute peritonitis. Emergency laparotomy was performed. The peritoneal cavity was full of purulent material, however, the gut was normal. An 8 x 6 cm thick walled cyst was found in the left ovary with a minute perforation and purulent fluid coming out of it. Thorough peritoneal lavage along with left oophorectomy was performed. The postoperative recovery was smooth. Histopathology confirmed benign cystic teratoma of ovary.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery1, Combined Military Hospital, Bahawalnagar. babar_murtaza@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Badar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Murtaza
authors.forename: Saira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Muhammad Ashraf
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sharif
authors.forename: Imran Bashir
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Asad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahmood
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery