ovarian malignant mixed germ cell tumor: a case of unusual presentation as molar pregnancy

background: this research was conducted to introduce a patient with rare ovarian mixed germ cell tumor, presented as molar pregnancy. case presentation: the patient was a 16 year old woman admitted with diagnosis of molar pregnancy. abdominal enlargement was the only complaint. she had a large pelvic mass in physical examination. the first diagnosis was molar pregnancy due to previous ultrasonic reports and positive βeta hcg. urine pregnancy test was positive. as suction curettage was performed for her, surprisingly, the size of uterus was normal and no molar tissue was found in pathologic examination. at intraoperative ultrasound exam, an extra-uterine heterogeneous mass was found. extra-uterine mass was confirmed by ct and mri done after suction curettage. mixed germ cell tumor was confirmed by histological examination after laparatomy and removing tumoral mass. finally, she received bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin (bep) regimen in four courses and vincristine, actinomycin d (dactinomycin) and cyclophosphamide (vac) regimen in two courses and diphereline for saving the other ovary. conclusion: some young patients misinterpret the early symptoms of an ovarian neoplasm as those of pregnancy which can lead to a delay in the diagnosis.