Rajendran S, Jensen D, McCluggage WG. Ganglioneuroblastoma Arising in an Ovarian Dermoid Cyst: First Report in the Literature.
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2019;
38:103-7. [PMID:
28914675 DOI:
10.1097/PGP.0000000000000455]
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Abstract
The development of a somatic neoplasm within an ovarian dermoid cyst (mature cystic teratoma) is a rare, but well described, phenomenon which occurs in approximately 1% of all cases. Any of the tissue components of a dermoid cyst has the potential to undergo neoplastic transformation with carcinoid tumors and squamous cell carcinomas being among the most common neoplasms. We report a case of a ganglioneuroblastoma arising within an ovarian dermoid cyst, an association which, as far as we are aware, has not been described previously.
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