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  • Title: Identical twins with ovarian endometriosis and mucinous borderline tumor: an unusual association.
    Author: Ko ML, Pan HS.
    Journal: Fertil Steril; 2008 Oct; 90(4):1200.e7-9. PubMed ID: 18258232.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To report a case of monozygotic twins with unilateral ovarian tumors of different histology and character. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Medical center and teaching hospital. PATIENT(S): A 22-year-old woman with ruptured ovarian endometrioma and her twin with mucinous borderline tumor of the ovary. INTERVENTION(S): Ultrasonography, laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy, and salpingo-oophorectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Ovarian cystectomy for the twin with endometrioma and examination of the asymptomatic twin. RESULT(S): Diagnosis and treatment of the asymptomatic twin. CONCLUSION(S): Ovarian tumors present in monozygotic twins may not always be of the same histologic type.
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