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Teratoma Generation in the Testis Capsule
Published on: November 7, 2011
[Bilateral mature teratoma and pregnancy: case report]
Rodrigo López Sandoval1, Alberto Ballesteros Manzo, José María Togo Peraza
1Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. drrodrigolopez@hotmail.co
Abstract:
We report a case of a 21 years old woman, pregnant (14.1 weeks of gestation), and with 24 hours of abdominal pain received at the emergency room. During examination we found gravid uterus and a mass in the right inguinal area and flank, independent from uterus, painful and with no uterine activity. We perform an obstetric ultrasound with this results: 13 weeks pregnancy and right adnexal cystic tumor with 15 x 14 cm. Patient undergo to emergency exploratory laparotomy, with previous application of indomethacin end progesterone. During surgery performance we observe a bilateral adnexal masse, right side affecting the complete ovary (salpingactomized), and left side extirpated leaving functional tissue ovary. Three days after, patient leaves the hospital without any complication. Pathology reports a bilateral mature teratoma.
