What harm does teratoma do to women

Ovarian teratoma needs to be treated in time after being diagnosed. Especially female friends with teratoma must be treated in time. Because teratoma will affect pregnancy and may cause malignant changes, let's take a closer look at what harm teratoma does to women?

Clinically, many women with irregular menstrual bleeding are found to have some benign tumors in their bodies during physical examinations. Teratoma is a common type of these. Because things similar to fetal hair can be found in some teratomas, they are called teratomas.

A teratoma is actually a benign tumor that occurs in the female abdomen, but this type of tumor has a high chance of becoming malignant. If the patient does not choose surgical treatment as early as possible to remove the teratoma, it is very likely that cancer will occur in the patient's body, endangering the patient's life.

Teratomas occurring in the ovaries may affect women's normal ovulation function, leading to subfertility or even infertility. Special attention should be paid during surgical treatment to protect the patient's ovaries from harm as much as possible.

Women should undergo regular gynecological examinations, pay attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of their private parts, choose underwear made of pure cotton, change underwear frequently, and avoid making themselves too tired.

treat

The best treatment for this disease is surgical resection. During the operation, the contents of the cyst should be removed as much as possible, and the cyst wall should be removed as much as possible. The part of the cyst wall that is tightly adhered to the spinal cord or nerve root should not be removed forcibly. For intraspinal malignant teratomas, the comprehensive treatment plan of surgical resection followed by adjuvant radiotherapy or chemotherapy still needs further study.

Prognosis

The prognosis of benign teratomas after surgical resection is also good. The prognosis of carcinoid tumors produced by mature teratomas in the spinal canal is still unclear. If their biological behavior has malignant characteristics, surgical resection should be followed by adjuvant radiotherapy, which improves the short-term efficacy, but the long-term efficacy is still uncertain.