Ovarian teratoma with peritoneal gliomatosis followed up to 18 years

ABSTRACT

This is a case of an 18-year-old female who, in 1968, presented with grade 2 ovarian of the solid type with peritoneal implants composed of glial tissue. Diagnosis was made by exploratory laparotomy and treatment was simple removal of the primary tumor with the peritoneal implant, following which no additional treatment was given. The patient later married and now has 2 children 18 years after the original diagnosis. The survival of this patient suggests that a conservative surgical approach without therapy to the implant is adequate to effect cure, and, that the presence of mature glial implants does not affect adversely the prognosis of ovarian teratoma