Introduction and importance: Giant ovarian cysts are rare and usually pose significant diagnostic challenges especially in adolescents and young adults. There is limited report of such cases reported in existing literature with hardly any cases published from the Sub-Sharan African region.
Case presentation: We present the case of a 24-year-old young woman who reported to our gynaecology clinic on the 23rd of January 2023 with a year's history of a progressively increasing abdominopelvic mass. She was successfully managed surgically and made smooth recovery.
Clinical discussion: Based on the history and examination findings, confirmed the diagnosis clinically with abdomino-pelvic ultrasound scan, removed the tumour surgically and undertook histopathological studies to confirm a benign disease. To the best of our knowledge, our successful management of this patient is the first case of such a huge borderline ovarian tumour reported in Ghana and the Sub-Saharan African region to inform clinicians on safe surgical management in our context.
Conclusion: Our successful management of this giant mucinous BOT reiterates the fact that in the absence of precise prognostic marker of malignancy, clinicians should always balance the oncologic safety of the patient against less radical treatment modality.
Keywords: Borderline; Carcinoma; Cyst; Intraepithelial; Mucinous; Ovarian; Tumour; Woman; Young.
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