The Superinfection of a Dermoid Cyst

Janelle  Luk; Alexander  Quaas; Elizabeth  Garner

doi:10.1155/2007/41473

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2007)

The Superinfection of a Dermoid Cyst

Janelle Luk,
Alexander Quaas,
Elizabeth Garner

Affiliations

Janelle Luk: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston 02115, MA, USA
Alexander Quaas: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston 02115, MA, USA
Elizabeth Garner: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston 02115, MA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/41473
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2007

Abstract

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Mature cystic teratoma may be complicated by torsion, rupture, and malignant change, but is rarely complicated by infection. Here we report the case of a patient who presented with a tubo-ovarian abscess following a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure in the setting of an ovarian dermoid cyst.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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