Mature cystic ovarian teratoma - floating ball appearance

Case contributed by Ana Paula Bavaresco , 26 Dec 2019
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Ana Paula Bavaresco, 15 Nov 2020

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  • 1. Yazici B, Erdoğmuş B. Floating ball appearance in ovarian cystic teratoma. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2006 Sep;12(3):136-8. PMID: 16972218. 2. Muramatsu Y, Moriyama N, Takayasu K, Nawano S, Yamada T. CT and MR imaging of cystic ovarian teratoma with intracystic fat balls. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1991 May-Jun;15(3):528-9. PMID: 2026829. 3. Wang B, Zhang H. Dense, Mysterious, Small Balls in the Abdomen. Gastroenterology. 2018 Jul;155(1):19-20. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.10.045. Epub 2017 Nov 7. PMID: 29122543. 4. Gürel H, Gürel SA. Ovarian cystic teratoma with a pathognomonic appearance of multiple floating balls: a case report and investigation of common characteristics of the cases in the literature. Fertil Steril. 2008 Nov;90(5):2008.e17-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.013. Epub 2008 Mar 4. PMID: 18304549. 5. Espindola APBP, Amorim VB, Koch HA, Bahia PRV, Almeida MVP. Atypical presentation of mature cystic teratoma ("floating balls"). Radiol Bras. 2017 May-Jun;50(3):206-207. doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0155. PMID: 28670039; PMCID: PMC5487242. 7. Eric K. Outwater, Evan S. Siegelman, Jennifer L. Hunt. Ovarian teratomas: tumor types and imaging characteristics. Outwater EK et al. RadioGraphics 2001. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiographics.21.2.g01mr09475

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