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Axial view - Abdominal CT scan showing a left sided ovarian teratoma with calcification
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Weeks prior, she also went to the emergency department for similar symptoms where an abdominal computerized tomography (CT) scan showed an enlarged uterus along with fibroids, a hemorrhagic cyst of the right ovary and a teratoma of the left ovary (Fig. 1) (Fig. 2) (Fig. 3).
Coronal view - Abdominal CT scan showing a left sided ovarian teratoma and complete hydatidiform mole
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Weeks prior, she also went to the emergency department for similar symptoms where an abdominal computerized tomography (CT) scan showed an enlarged uterus along with fibroids, a hemorrhagic cyst of the right ovary and a teratoma of the left ovary (Fig. 1) (Fig. 2) (Fig. 3).
Post surgical measurements of b-hCG following total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (POD: post-operative day)
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Following surgery, b-hCG levels dropped from greater than 450,000mIU/mL to 200,000mIU/mL and continued to decrease over the course of the hospital stay (Fig. 4).
Left sided ovarian teratoma demonstrating cystic cavities lined by mature epidermis
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Tissue diagnosis by the pathology laboratory confirmed the ovarian teratoma (Fig. 5).
Complete molar pregnancy demonstrating massive hydropic chorionic villi, the presence of intravillous vascular cistern and excessive trophoblastic proliferation
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Sections of the myometrial wall containing massive hydropic chorionic villi with the presence of intravillous vascular cistern were noted along with excess trophoblastic proliferation (Fig. 6).