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Survival and reproductive function after treatment of immature ovarian teratoma
A K Uzunlar1, A Yalinkaya, M Yaldiz
1Department of Pathology, The Medical Faculty of Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
|January 5, 2002
Abstract:
We conducted a clinical and pathologic review of nine patients with immature ovarian teratoma. The histologic grade of the tumor seemed to be a reliable indicator of prognosis. Low stage and low grade immature ovarian teratomas have an excellent prognosis. Platinum-based chemotherapy has been confirmed to be effective in the management of patients with ovarian germ cell tumors. Low grade pure ovarian immature teratoma is a potentially curable disease and a fertility-sparing surgical approach is possible.