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The superinfection of a dermoid cyst
Janelle Luk1, Alexander Quaas, Elizabeth Garner
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
|July 21, 2007
Abstract:
Mature cystic teratoma may be complicated by torsion, rupture, and malignant change, but is rarely complicated by infection. Here we report the case of a patient who presented with a tubo-ovarian abscess following a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure in the setting of an ovarian dermoid cyst.
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