Growing Teratoma Syndrome of Ovary: Avoiding A Misdiagnosis of Tumour Recurrence

Growing teratoma syndrome is characterized by conversion of immature gonadal germ cell tumour to a mature form, along with increase in size of the lesions. Being more frequently described in testicular germ cell tumours, growing teratoma syndrome in an ovarian tumour is uncommon. The exact cause o...

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Main Authors: Ananya Panda, Devasenathipathy Kandasamy, Chandrashekhara SH, Manisha Jana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/3837/66-7407_E(C)_F(DK)_PF1(PP)_PFA(H)_PFA2(H)_NEW_PF2(RKH)_(NJH).pdf