Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Parasitic dermoid cyst managed laparoscopically in a 29-year-old woman: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Parasitic dermoid cyst managed laparoscopically in a 29-year-old woman a case report Ciprian E Bartlett 1 Ashfaq Khan2 and Narendra Pisal2 Address Obstetrics and Gynaecology Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Homerton Row London UK and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Whittington Hospital Magdala Avenue London UK Email Ciprian E Bartlett - infiniteworx@ Ashfaq Khan - Narendra Pisal - pisal@ Corresponding author Published 16 February 2009 Received 30 April 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 63 doi 1752-1947-3-63 Accepted 16 February 2009 This article is available from http content 3 1 63 2009 Bartlett et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Introduction Dermoid cysts are one of the most frequently occurring ovarian cysts parasitic dermoid cysts however are extremely rare. Case presentation We report a case of a 29-year-old Japanese woman with an incidental finding of an adnexal mass on bimanual examination. Sonographic imaging reported an 8 cm mass in the Pouch of Douglas. This was found to be a parasitic dermoid cyst and was removed at laparoscopy. Conclusion We believe laparoscopy to be a safe and effective means of managing parasitic ovarian dermoid cysts. Introduction Dermoid cyst benign cystic teratoma of the ovary is one of the most common ovarian neoplasms but parasitic cysts are very rare and their true incidence is unknown. We report a case of a parasitic dermoid cyst in the Pouch of Douglas POD managed laparoscopically. To the best of our knowledge .
