Safety and efficacy of laparoscopic oophorocystectomy for ovarian dermoid cyst associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia

• Main Authors: Masafumi Nii (Author), Eiji Kondo (Author), Shintaro Maki (Author), Michiko Kubo (Author), Kenta Yoshida (Author), Lingyun Zhang (Author), Yoshiyuki Kobayashi (Author), Tsutomu Tabata (Author), Tomoaki Ikeda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ovarian dermoid cysts (ODCs) are the most common benign tumors in young women, but autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) induced by ODC is rare. We report the first case of ODC-associated AIHA with improvement after laparoscopic oophorocystectomy. An 18-year-old nulliparous woman was diagnosed with a l...