Ovary's teratoma:
Find full teeth down there
For the uninspired, a teratoma is a germ cell neoplasm (read tumour). Germ cells are the stuff sperm and eggs are made off and they can become any cell type in your body. Hence, it is not unusual in ovarian teratomas, to find all sorts of weird things in there, including fully formed teeth. I am not going to apologise for the graphic nature of this next image:
As you can see, lovely, fully formed teeth.
Luckily, these are rare. More women who get an ovarian teratoma will get a benign dermoid cyst. However, teratomas in men are usually malignant. :/
This post has been inspired by Eric Chudler's Neuroscience Haikus
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