Spontaneous rupture of benign cystic teratomas

Stern, J.L.; Buscema, J.; Rosenshein, N.B.; Woodruff, J.D.

Obstetrics and Gynecology 57(3): 363-366

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844
PMID: 7465151
Document Number: 171820
Spontaneous preoperative rupture and/or performation of an adjacent organ by a benign cystic teratoma is rare. Between 1952-1979 there were 4 such cases at The Johns Hopkins Hospital [Baltimore, Maryland, USA]. Incidence, etiology and pathology of this complication are discussed.

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