A 72-year-old Patient with Dermoid Cyst

Esin KASAP^1, , Mine GENC¹, Neslin SAHİN², Esra Bahar GUR¹ and Oya Nermin SIVRIKOZ³

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sifa University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

²Department of Radiology, Sifa University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

³Department of Patology, Sifa University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

Cite this paper:
Esin KASAP, Mine GENC, Neslin SAHİN, Esra Bahar GUR and Oya Nermin SIVRIKOZ. A 72-year-old Patient with Dermoid Cyst. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015; 3(4):105-107. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-3-4-5

Abstract

Introduction: It has been reported that the risk of malignant transformation is doubled in patients with mature cystic teratoma aged over 50 years. It is rare to encounter benign forms of mature cystic teratoma in elderly women. We aimed to report a 72-year-old woman with a benign cystic teratoma. A 72-year-old woman detected by ultrasonography to have a pelvic mass with a size of 14x12x10 cm was admitted to our department for detailed investigations. A mature cystic teratoma was diagnosed on the basis of transvaginal ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and serum concentrations of tumor markers. Postoperative pathology examination confirmed the diagnosis. This report once again showed that although mature cystic teratoma is rare in elderly women, it still occurs.

Keywords:
mature cystic teratoma postmenopausal malignant change

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