A hairy intruder into colon

Abstract

Ovarian dermoid cysts are benign tumors, which develop from totipotent germ cells and grow into mature tissue types consisting of hair, teeth, fat and neural tissue. Ovarian dermoid cyst fistulizing to the sigmoid is rare and presenting with bleeding per rectum is extremely rare. We present a case of middle-aged woman with bleeding per rectum who had the right adnexal tumor fistulating to sigmoid.

Key words

Bleeding per rectum - colonoscopy - ovarian dermoid cyst - sigmoid colon

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