title: Mature cystic teratomas: relationship between histopathological contents and clinical features.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between pathological findings and clinical features in patients with ovarian mature cystic teratomas (MCTs).
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed and compared the demographic and clinical features of 32 patients confirmed pathologically as having MCT at a university hospital from 2009 to 2014, with MCT contents such as skin, hair, sebum, and cartilage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the patients was 33.7 ± 13.4 years. The mean tumor diameter was 7.1 ± 3.3 cm (range: 2-15 cm). The mean serum CA-19.9 level was 37.5 ± 79.5 IU/ml and the mean serum CA-125 level was 29.1 ± 33.0 IU/ml. The postmenopausal and pregnancy status rates of participants were 18.8, and 15.6%, respectively. The mean age, postmenopausal and pregnancy status, tumor size, symptoms related to MCT and laterality of the tumor did not differ among the patients according to the MCT contents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest no relationship between the clinical features and histopathological contents of MCTs.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Cakmak
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nacar
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Ozsoy
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Aliyev
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Koseoglu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013724:Teratoma / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen