[A woman with floating spheres in her abdomen].
A 55-year-old postmenopausal woman presented with acute abdominal pain. Ultrasound and MRI revealed a large, unilocular, cystic abdominal mass, with remarkable floating spheres. Histopathology showed a dermoid cyst. This is a benign ovarian neoplasm, which can contain elements of all three germ layers: primarily hair, teeth, skin or sebaceous tissue.
Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven.
Marion W C
MW
Vlemminx
Hilde
H
Hoskam
Ninki M
NM
Minderhoud
Sylvia A
SA
ter Haar-van Eck
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery