[A woman with balls in the lower abdomen]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2022 Jul 11:166:D6688.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 34-year old woman visited the general practitioner because of nausea and diarrhoea. A large abdominal swelling was palpable. Ultrasound showed a cyst containing 'floating balls', pathognomic for a mature teratoma. An ovariectomy was performed. Macroscopic the ovary contained greasy balls existing of hairs and sebum. Our diagnosis: Dermoid cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen
  • Adult
  • Dermoid Cyst* / diagnostic imaging
  • Dermoid Cyst* / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / complications
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Ovariectomy
  • Teratoma* / diagnosis
  • Teratoma* / diagnostic imaging