Malignant degeneration of benign cystic teratoma of the ovary is a rare complication occurring mostly during post-menopausal period. The malignant transformation of the benign teratoma has no specific clinical nor radiological, nor biological signs. The treatment is surgical and preferentially similar to that of epithelial tumors of the ovary. We report an observation of a squamous cell carcinoma developed on a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary, in a patient aged 59 years, revealed by the final histopathological exam of an adnexectomy with a mature teratoma of the ovary.
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