A woman with floating spheres in her abdomen
Vlemminx, M.W.C.; Hoskam, H.; Minderhoud, N.M.; ter Haar-van Eck, S.A.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 159: A8532
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1876-8784 PMID: 25740190 Document Number: 682172
A 55-year-old postmenopausal woman presented with acute abdominal pain. Ultrasound and MRI revealed a large, unilocular, cystic abdominal mass, with remarkable floating spheres. Histopathology showed a dermoid cyst. This is a benign ovarian neoplasm, which can contain elements of all three germ layers: primarily hair, teeth, skin or sebaceous tissue.