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. 2018 Jun;15(2):95-98.
doi: 10.4274/tjod.86244. Epub 2018 Jun 21.

Retrospective analysis of mature cystic teratomas in a single center and review of the literature

Çiğdem Yayla Abide  1 , Evrim Bostancı Ergen  1
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Retrospective analysis of mature cystic teratomas in a single center and review of the literature

Çiğdem Yayla Abide et al. Turk J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Jun.

Abstract

Objective: The aim af this study is to evaluate patients with mature cystic teratomas (MCT) with regard to the view of updated knowledge using our retrospective findings.

Materials and methods: This was a retrospective study and included a total of 306 patients from 2013 through 2017 at the İstanbul Zeynep Kamil Women and Children's Diseases Training and Research Hospital.

Results: The mean age of the patients was 34.03±11.98 years. Thirty (9.8%) patients were postmenopausal. Torsion was detected in 17 (5.6%) patients. There was a statistically significant relationship between MCT and CA 19-9 levels in our series (p<0.01) but no statistically significant correlation was found with other markers.

Conclusion: The possibility of malignancy at postmenopausal ages and in large MCT should not be forgotten. It should be kept in mind that MCT can be seen in unexpected places.

Keywords: CA19-9; Teratoma; adnexal masses.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

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