Immature teratoma with a rare finding of choroid plexus

Mehak Kashyap; Neelam Gupta; Vikas Dubey; Nechal Kaur

doi:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20213952

Authors

Mehak Kashyap Department of Pathology, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Neelam Gupta Department of Pathology, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Vikas Dubey Department of Pathology, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Nechal Kaur Department of Pathology, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20213952

Keywords:

Immature teratoma, Ovary, Choroid plexus

Abstract

Mature cystic teratoma of the ovary is the most common ovarian tumour in young women. Immature teratoma is a very rare tumour, representing only 1% of all ovarian cancers. Paediatric ovarian tumours are rare, with a reported incidence rate of 2.2/100,000 in girls aged 0 to 15 years. In the case report presented here, was 12-year-old suspected to have serous cystadenoma of ovary based on CT scan, which was ultimately diagnosed with immature teratoma grade 3 after histopathological examination was done.

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