Bilateral immature ovarian teratoma in a 12-year-old girl: case report

Case Report of Three Immature Cystic Teratomas in Northern Ghana

“…All the females diagnosed with IMCT in this current study were within the second and third decades of life. This is in line with previous reports that IMCT affects the younger age group, usually during the first two decades of life with a peak occurrence between 15 and 19 years of age, [4, 8–10] and that the disease rarely appears during the menopausal period [10, 11].…”

“…Immature ovarian cystic teratomas (IMCT) are a less common subtype of ovarian teratomas with malignant clinical behaviour; they are histologically distinguished by the presence of immature or embryonic tissues, particularly neuroectodermal elements [4–10]. The three immature cystic teratomas described above form part of a total of 32 ovarian teratomas diagnosed in two centres in the tamale metropolis during the period July 2012 to July 2018, namely, pathology department of TTH and Der Medical Diagnostics Centre.…”

“…IMCTs are typically larger (14–25 cm) than mature cystic teratomas (average, 7 cm) [4–6]. These neoplastic lesions differ from mature cystic teratomas in that they demonstrate clinically malignant behaviour, are much less common (<1% of ovarian teratomas), and affect the younger age group (usually during the first 2 decades of life) with peak occurrence being between 15 and 19 years of age [4, 7–10]. Immature teratomas rarely appear during the menopausal period [10].…”