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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1983;61:S88-S94
© 1983 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Benign Ovarian Cystic Teratomas With Homunculi

C MICHAEL WELDON-LINNE, MD and ALAN M. RUSHOVICH, MB, BCh

From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Evanston Hospital-Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center, Evanston, Illinois

Abstract

Two benign ovarian cystic teratomas, each containing a partial human body-like structure (homunculus), are described. One was found in a 30-year-old woman, and the second occurred in a prepubertal 10-year-old girl. Each of the 2 homunculi resembled the lower half of a miniature human body with buttocks, a pair of legs with recognizable feet, and a phallus-like structure in the anterior midline. A relatively well-developed osteocartilagenous skeleton was identified in each of the specimens. The literature pertaining to these so-called fetiform teratomas is reviewed. Only 17 previous cases have been described or mentioned in the English-language literature. (Obstet Gynecol 61-.88S, 1983)






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