Somatic malignancy arising in growing teratoma syndrome – A case report

Abstract

Growing teratoma syndrome (GTS) is a rare entity which presents as metastasizing large masses of mature teratoma during or after the course of chemotherapy of non seminomatous germ cell tumours of testis or ovary. Somatic malignancy arising in growing teratoma syndrome is much rarer. Patients with growing teratoma syndrome require close follow up as there is a risk for somatic malignancy. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma arising in growing teratoma syndrome in her second recurrence. There is no documented such cases in the literature until now.