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Mature cystic teratoma of the ovary

Case contributed by Khairy Abdella
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Complaining of recurrent pelvic pain.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Female

Note: This case has been tagged as "legacy" as it no longer meets image preparation and/or other case publication guidelines.

Right adnexal cystic lesion of bright signal at T1WI, bright signal at T2WI, no restricted diffusion (not shown in the images), and with drop of signal at fat-saturated sequences. It shows thin internal septations as well as peripheral non enhancing nodule (Rokitansky nodule). No definite enhancement in the post-contrast study. 

Case Discussion

Mature cystic teratoma of the right ovary.

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