Spindle cell nodule and peptic ulcer arising in a fully developed gastric wall in a mature cystic teratoma

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1990 May;114(5):529-31.

Abstract

We describe an ovarian mature cystic teratoma that contained a peptic ulcer arising from a fully developed gastric wall. Beneath the ulcer was a spindle cell nodule resembling a sarcoma. To our knowledge, neither peptic ulcer nor peptic ulcer associated with a sarcomalike spindle cell proliferation has been reported in ovarian teratoma, although there have been previous reports of full-thickness gastrointestinal wall development. Another interesting aspect of this case was peritoneal melanosis associated with brown-black pigmentation of the ovarian teratoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dermoid Cyst / complications*
  • Dermoid Cyst / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / complications*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Peptic Ulcer / complications*
  • Sarcoma / complications*
  • Sarcoma / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology