THE LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH OF A TORSION OF A BENIGN MATURE OVARIAN TERATOMA - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Benign mature teratomas account for approximately 10-15% of all ovaria n neoplasms. Many patients with these dermoid cysts are asymptomatic. The most frequent complication is torsion of the teratoma (in 3,5% of the cases). In a 26-year female patient admitted for severe, acute abd ominal pain, a computerized abdominal tomography in accordance with th e clinical characteristics of the abdominal examination, was highly su ggestive for a torsion of a teratoma The diagnose was confirmed by a c oelioscopic operative approach and the teratoma with the left tuboovar ian complex was succesfully removed laparoscopically.