Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Jan 2007)

A paraovarian serous cystadenoma in a 19 years old girl withpresentation of benign neoplasm of ovary, a case report and review of literature

  • S. Peyvandi,
  • N. Moslimizadeh

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 56
pp. 143 – 148

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AbstractWe report a rare case of paraovarian serous cystadenoma in a 19 years old girl that presentated with abdominal distention.In clinical examination the patient showed a mass with cystic consistency ccupying the entire abdominal space. Considering its larg mass, the primary diagnosis was mucinous cystadenoma of ovary. At surgery extra ovarian origin of the mass was demonstrated. Source of these tumors can be from mesothelial cells, or mesonephric and or para mesonephric duct. Complicatlons of cyst are perforation, torsion, pain, abdominal distention or malignancy.

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