Chemical peritonitis resulting from spontaneous rupture of a mature ovarian cystic teratoma: a case report
Background. Mature cystic teratomas (dermoid cysts) are the most common germ cell tumours with 10–25% incidence of adult and 50% of paediatric ovarian tumours. The aetiology of dermoid cysts is still unclear, although currently the parthenogenic theory is most widely accepted. The tumour is slow-gro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Vilnius University Press
2020-04-01
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Series: | Acta Medica Lituanica |
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Online Access: | https://www.journals.vu.lt/AML/article/view/21252 |