Dysfunctional labor and hemoperitoneum secondary to an incidentally discovered dysgerminoma: a case report

• Main Authors: Aneesa Thannickal (Author), Brandon Maddy (Author), Marla DeWitt (Author), William Cliby (Author), Margaret Dow (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ovarian dysgerminoma, a subtype of malignant germ cell tumor (GCT), is a rare ovarian neoplasm that is infrequently found in the gravid patient. When dysgerminomas do occur in pregnancy, the rapidly growing tumors can have a heterogeneous presentation and lead to peripartum compl...