Ovarian growing teratoma syndrome with multiple metastases in the abdominal cavity and liver:A case report
作者机构：The Fourth Clinical Medical CollegeZhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityHangzhou 310011Zhejiang ProvinceChina Department of Hepatobiliary SurgeryThe First People's HospitalZhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou 310006Zhejiang ProvinceChina Hangzhou Women’s HospitalZhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityHangzhou 310008Zhejiang ProvinceChina
出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)
年 卷 期：2022年第10卷第14期
页 面：4704-4708页
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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Hepatic mass Hypothesis of tumoral competitive inhibition and dormancy Ovarian growing teratoma syndrome Treatment Case report
摘 要：BACKGROUND Growing teratoma syndrome(GTS)is an unusual presentation of an amazing transformation of teratoma from malignant to benign on pathology during or after systemic or intraperitoneal *** definitive pathogenesis is still not fully understood due to the lack of large-sample *** SUMMARY A 53-year-old woman underwent radical surgery and postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy due to immature teratoma of the right ovary at the age of *** remained well during a 25-year follow-up period after *** asymptomatic solid masses were found in the liver on ultrasonography a month *** computed tomography(CT)of the abdomen revealed multiple masses in the abdominal *** largest one was located in the posterior peritoneum next to the sixth segment of the right liver,about 7.9 cm×7.5 cm in *** masses were present inside the liver,and one mass was in the right pelvic *** lumps in the abdominal cavity were completely removed by *** the operation,multiple space-occupying lesions were seen,ranging in size from 0.5 to 3 cm,and grayish white in color and hard in *** GTS was finally diagnosed based on postoperative *** surgery,she recovered *** a 3-year follow-up,the patient remained free of the disease without any recurrence on CT *** GTS is a rare phenomenon characterized by conversion of immature teratoma to mature one during or after chemotherapy and presents as growing and metastasizing *** pathogenesis of GTS is unclear,and the prognosis is good after surgical resection.
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