title: Soft tissue metastasis of an immature teratoma of the ovary.
abstract: In patients with immature teratoma of the ovary, blood-borne metastasis to organ parenchyma, such as the lungs, liver, or brain, are uncommon. Moreover, soft tissue metastasis is extremely rare. We describe a 31-year-old woman with an immature teratoma of the left ovary, which metastasized to soft tissue of the right thigh after surgery. Because of the rarity of this condition, we report the results of treatment and review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Chun
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Byun
authors.forename: Il Jung
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Myoung Seok
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Seung Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mee Sook
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: Moon Seok
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013848:Thigh / Q000473:pathology*