title: Abdominal swelling in two teenage girls: two case reports of massive ovarian tumours in puberty.
abstract: The following report describes two 15-year-old girls with a giant abdominal swelling. Signs and symptoms differed between those two girls, as serum tumour markers showed different elevation patterns. Additional investigations including a CT scan and a MRI scan were performed and revealed masses originating from the ovary. Histopathological evaluation after cystectomy showed a mature teratoma and a mucinous cystadenoma.
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Department, Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rick P P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Willems
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Slangen
authors.forename: Jamiu O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Busari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor