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Identical twins with ovarian endometriosis and mucinous borderline tumor: an unusual association
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Objective:
To report a case of monozygotic twins with unilateral ovarian tumors of different histology and character.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
Medical center and teaching hospital.
Patient(S):
A 22-year-old woman with ruptured ovarian endometrioma and her twin with mucinous borderline tumor of the ovary.
Intervention(S):
Ultrasonography, laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy, and salpingo-oophorectomy.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Ovarian cystectomy for the twin with endometrioma and examination of the asymptomatic twin.
Result(S):
Diagnosis and treatment of the asymptomatic twin.
Conclusion(S):
Ovarian tumors present in monozygotic twins may not always be of the same histologic type.
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