Mature cystic extragonadal teratoma in Douglas' pouch: Case report and literature review

Yun Yang; Mengru Zhao; Mengyue Chen; Huimin Tang; Zhenyue Qin; Junling Liu; Huihui Wang; Mingyue Bao; Jiming Chen; Bairong Xia

doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.985235

Mature cystic extragonadal teratoma in Douglas' pouch: Case report and literature review

Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Feb 24:9:985235. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.985235. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Dalian Medical University Graduate School, Dalian, China.
² Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, China.
³ Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.

Abstract

Teratomas often occur in the gonads, while Extragonadal mature cystic teratomas are reported occasionally, with the most common site being the omentum. Teratoma in the Douglas sac is extremely rare. we report a rare case of mature cystic Teratoma in the Douglas sac in a 71-year-old woman who underwent laparoscopic surgery. A cyst with a diameter of approximately 6 cm from Douglas was found during surgery, and the mass was separated from both ovaries. Microscopically, the cyst was a mature cystic teratoma that did not originate from the ovary.

Keywords: Douglas’ pouch; case report; literature review; mature cystic teratoma; old women.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

This research was supported by grants from the Maternal and Child Health Research Project of Jiangsu Province (F202138), the Scientific Research Support Program for Postdoctoral of Jiangsu Province (2019K064), and the Scientific Research Support Program for “333 Project” of Jiangsu Province (BRA2019161).