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Case Reports
. 1994 Mar;86(3):221-2.

Gonadotropin-producing benign cystic teratoma simulating a ruptured ectopic pregnancy

V Pothula  1 , S Matseoane, H Godfrey
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Gonadotropin-producing benign cystic teratoma simulating a ruptured ectopic pregnancy

V Pothula et al. J Natl Med Assoc. 1994 Mar.

Abstract

Benign cystic teratomas are asymptomatic in many cases. There are some reports of production of thyroid-stimulating hormone, estrogen, testosterone, and prolactin by these tumors. This article reports a patient in whom a twisted cystic teratoma simulated ruptured ectopic pregnancy by beta human chorionic gonadotropin production and hemorrhage into the peritoneal cavity.

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