Rupture of a mature cystic teratoma in a young girl caused by a car accident: an extremely rare case and review of the literature

Mature cystic teratomas (MCT) of the ovary or dermoid cysts are commonly encountered benign ovarian lesions accounting for  approximately 70% of benign tumors and originating from germ cells. A rare case of peritonitis in a 17-year-old female patient caused by traumatic rupture of an MC...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Tsapralis, Anastasia Prodromidou, Georgios Vasiliadis, Chrysovalantis Vergadis, Nikolaos Machairas, Athanasios Syllaios, Evangelos Misiakos, Dimitrios Schizas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-06-01
Series:Folia Medica
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Online Access:https://foliamedica.bg/article/55388/download/pdf/