Imaging in gynecological disease (29): clinical and ultrasound features of primary ovarian immature teratoma.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the clinical and ultrasound characteristics at the time of diagnosis of primary ovarian immature teratoma with no other germ cell tumor components described on histopathology.

Methods

This was a retrospective study of women with a histological diagnosis of primary ovarian immature teratoma who had undergone a preoperative ultrasound examination between 1998 and 2024. Cases were identified from the databases of 17 contributing ultrasound centers and the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) database. The descriptions of the ultrasound images of the tumors made by the original ultrasound examiners using IOTA terminology were reported. In addition, grayscale and color or power Doppler ultrasound images or videoclips were retrieved for all tumors. Two

SUBMITTER: Landolfo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12757824 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature