Is teratoma dangerous?

Is teratoma harmful? This is a question that many patients are concerned about. Experts say that female teratoma is very harmful and can easily cause a variety of complications. Women with teratoma may even have fertility problems, but with timely treatment and removal, they can recover.

Complications caused by teratoma:

1. Tumors are often pedunculated and dense, have a certain weight, and the density of the same tumor is uneven, so it is easy to twist. The cause is often factors such as pregnancy bowel movements, bladder filling or emptying, coughing, vomiting, or accidental violence that cause sudden changes in abdominal pressure. The incidence of twisting is 9% to 17%. After twisting occurs, there are often typical symptoms such as acute abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting.

2. Teratoma rupture is rare. Data show that the incidence of tumor rupture during pregnancy is as high as 15.8%, while it is only 1.3% during non-pregnancy. Rupture is mostly caused by tumor trauma, torsion, infection or gangrene. The leakage of sebum (containing neutral fat, fatty acids and other components) and squamous cell debris in the cyst can stimulate the thickening of the peritoneum to form chronic granulomas or accompanied by scattered calcium salt deposition.

3. Caused by blood or lymphatic sources, it can be caused by pelvic inflammation, intestinal adhesions, postpartum and appendiceal abscesses, or induced by tumor puncture, torsion rupture, etc. The pathogenic bacteria of infection are mostly streptococci, staphylococci, Escherichia coli, tuberculosis or aerogenes.

4. Mature teratoma may be accompanied by hemolytic anemia, but it is very rare. Most patients have splenomegaly and a positive Comb test. For these patients, taking adrenal cortex hormones or splenectomy are ineffective, or have only short-term effects. However, they can recover after removing the ovarian tumor.

5. Combined with other germ cell tumors.

The above are the complications caused by teratoma that I introduced to you. I hope it can be helpful to you and I wish you good health.