Teratoma in pregnancy: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Mature teratoma is a common complication of pregnancy. To the best of the authors' knowledge this is the largest teratoma in pregnancy documented in the literature.


METHODS
A 19-year-old woman, gravida 1, at 14 weeks' gestational age with a 37-cm fundal height, was found to have a 30 x 28 x 17 cm mass on ultrasound. She underwent an exploratory laparotomy, and a teratoma was excised.


CONCLUSIONS
A teratoma that could limit the growth of an intrauterine pregnancy, is suspected for rupture or torsion, is causing severe pain, and/or may be suspicious for malignancy should be excised.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bayfront Medical Center, 700 6th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA. kakyrus@gmail.com
Katherine
K
Apostolakis-Kyrus
Megan D
MD
Indermaur
Jose
J
Prieto
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