Benign cystic teratoma in a two-year-old child: a case study.

Ovarian turnoues are seen in females of any age. Although ovarian tumours account for 1 2% of all tumours in childhood, the most frequent are germ-cell tumours and 20% of them are malignant during the first decade of life. The youngest female with an ovarian tumour recorded was in a 30-week old foetus.' The youngest female with a benign cystic teratoma has been reported to be 16-months old. We report here a case of benign cystic teratoma sufficiently large enough to