Ovarian teratoma with teeth discovered in remains of 15th century woma

[rangerrebew]

Ovarian teratoma with teeth discovered in remains of 15th century woman
May 31, 2017 by Bob Yirka report
 

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers in Portugal has found what they believe to be a teratoma in the pelvis of a woman who died approximately 500 years ago. In their paper published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, the group describes the calcified mass with teeth that was first discovered during excavation work sometime between 2010 and 2011.

A teratoma is a tumor or cyst that develops on a woman's ovary when cells multiply abnormally and often result in teeth, hair or bones. In this case, the teratoma was small, approximately 4.3 centimeters long, and had five partially developed teeth—four molars and one canine. Such cysts are far more common than was once thought, accounting for approximately 20 percent of all ovarian tumors. Though they quite often go unnoticed, when they are discovered, they are typically removed because they can sometimes grow large enough to rupture, and some have been known to become cancerous.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-05-ovarian-teratoma-teeth-15th-century.html#jCp

[Joe Wooten]

Ovarian teratoma with teeth discovered in remains of 15th century woman
May 31, 2017 by Bob Yirka report
 

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers in Portugal has found what they believe to be a teratoma in the pelvis of a woman who died approximately 500 years ago. In their paper published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, the group describes the calcified mass with teeth that was first discovered during excavation work sometime between 2010 and 2011.

A teratoma is a tumor or cyst that develops on a woman's ovary when cells multiply abnormally and often result in teeth, hair or bones. In this case, the teratoma was small, approximately 4.3 centimeters long, and had five partially developed teeth—four molars and one canine. Such cysts are far more common than was once thought, accounting for approximately 20 percent of all ovarian tumors. Though they quite often go unnoticed, when they are discovered, they are typically removed because they can sometimes grow large enough to rupture, and some have been known to become cancerous.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-05-ovarian-teratoma-teeth-15th-century.html#jCp

My late Mother-in-Law had one of those cysts that she let go untreated for way too many years. When it was removed, it weighed over 10 lbs. Luckily it was benign.

[Oceander]

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