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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
Abdominal swelling in two teenage girls: two case reports of massive ovarian tumours in puberty
  1. Rick P P Willems1,
  2. Brigitte Slangen2,
  3. Jamiu O Busari1,1
  1. 1Pediatrics Department, Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands
  2. 2Gynaecology Oncology Department, Maastricht University medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jamiu O Busari, j.busari{at}atriummc.nl

Summary

The following report describes two 15-year-old girls with a giant abdominal swelling. Signs and symptoms differed between those two girls, as serum tumour markers showed different elevation patterns. Additional investigations including a CT scan and a MRI scan were performed and revealed masses originating from the ovary. Histopathological evaluation after cystectomy showed a mature teratoma and a mucinous cystadenoma.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr.11.2011.5143

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