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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan 18:32:100537.
doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2020.100537. eCollection 2020 May.

Case report of a paraganglioma arising from a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary

Jennifer Haag  1 , Lakotah Hardie  2 , Amber Berning  3 , Lauren Fishbein  4 , Bradley R Corr  5
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Case report of a paraganglioma arising from a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary

Jennifer Haag et al. Gynecol Oncol Rep. .

Abstract

Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms derived from sympathetic or parasympathetic paraganglia and have the ability to secrete catecholamines. We present the case of a 37-year-old asymptomatic female who underwent right ovarian cystectomy for a mature cystic teratoma and was found to have an intra-tumoral paraganglioma. More research is needed to determine metastatic potential as well as the likelihood of recurrence of these unique neoplasms.

Keywords: Mature cystic teratoma; Neuroendocrine neoplasm; Paraganglioma.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Fig. 1
Mature cystic teratoma demonstrating three germ layers including intratumoral paraganglioma (H&E, 2×) (Fig. 1A). Higher-power view of intratumoral paraganglioma demonstrating characteristic nested architecture (H&E, 10×) (Fig. 1B). Patchy chromogranin positivity (10×) (Fig. 1C). Diffuse synaptophysin positivity (10×) (Fig. 1D). Sox 10 highlighting scattered sustentacular cells (10×) (Fig. 1E).
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