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Table 1 Reported cases of ovarian teratoma complicated with fistula formation

From: Ovarian mature cystic teratoma with fistula formation into the rectum: a case report

Author (date of publication)

Age

Symptoms

Involved organ

Surgical method

Cause of fistula formation

Robinson (1938)

64

Cystitis, dysuria

Bladder

USO, PC

Inflammation

Mitui et al. (1983)

72

Diarrhea containing hair

Sigmoid colon, small intestine

RS, colostomy, PRSI

Malignant transformation

Shiels et al. (1986)

21

Nausea, dyspareunia

Sigmoid colon

USO, fistulectomy, repair of the bowel defect

Inflammation

Ulstein et al. (1987)

30

Bladder stone

Bladder

USO, PC

Inflammation

Landmann et al. (1988)

22

Rectal bleeding

Rectum

USO, LAR

Inflammation

Suzuki et al. (1999)

64

Microscopic hematuria

Bladder, small intestine

TH, BSO, appendectomy, PRSI, PC

Inflammation

Tabata et al. (2004)

20

Pyuria

Bladder

USO, PC

Inflammation

Okada et al. (2005)

54

Abdominal pain, watery diarrhea

Small intestine

TH, BSO, PRSI, POM

Malignant transformation

Cebesoy et al. (2009)

30

Abdominal pain, purulent diarrhea

Rectum

USO, LAR

Inflammation

Tandon et al. (2010)

30

Pyuria, dysuria

Bladder

USO, PC

Inflammation

Rajaganeshan et al. (2011)

44

Weight loss, loose stools, rectal bleeding

Rectum

USO, repair of the bowel defect

Inflammation

Salame et al. (2011)

38

None

Sigmoid colon

RS

Inflammation

von-Walter et al. (2012)

25

Small bowel obstruction

Small intestine, transverse colon

USO, PRSI, repair of the bowel defect

Inflammation

Song et al. (2012)

73

Abdominal pain, constipation

Small intestine

USO, PRSI

Malignant transformation

Conway et al. (2012)

26

Abdominal pain, nausea

Transverse colon

Repair of the bowel defect

Inflammation

Gooneratne et al. (2015)

63

Abdominal distention, bloody diarrhea

Sigmoid colon

Exploratory laparotomy

Malignant transformation

Our case

43

Diarrhea

Rectum

USO, HAR

Inflammation

  1. USO unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, BSO bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, TH total hysterectomy, PC partial cystectomy, RS recto-sigmoidectomy, PRSI partial resection of small intestine, LAR lower anterior resection, HAR high anterior resection, POM partial omentectomy