title: Ovarian Dermoid Cyst Causing Distal Ureteral Obstruction.
abstract: A case of a 45-year old woman with an ovarian dermoid cyst causing ureteric colic secondary to distal ureteral obstruction is reported. The dermoid cyst was observed on computed tomography to be adjacent to and compressing the distal left ureter and this was confirmed at surgical exploration. Following oophorectomy, the patient's symptoms completely resolved and the excised ovarian cyst was confirmed on pathological evaluation to be a dermoid cyst. This appears to be the first reported case of ureteral obstruction caused by an ovarian dermoid cyst in the English medical literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care; Section of Surgery, Division of Urology, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies. william.aiken@uwimona.edu.jm.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Aiken
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care; Section of Surgery, Division of Urology, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Mayhew
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: National Public Health Laboratory, Slipe Pen Road, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stennett
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care; Section of Surgery, Division of Urology, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johnson