... ovary of an eight year old patient with a bilateral ovarian mature teratoma, using both biochemical and histological techniques. The Patient Clinical Findings An eight-year -old female presented ... Correspondence to: Anwar Suleman Mall, PhD, Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, J-Floor, Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital, OBSERVATORY 7925, SOUTH AFRICA. Tel: +27 +21 406-6224 ... characterized the mucins in the crude mucus and tissue of a mature ovarian teratoma in an 8 year old girl. Materials and Methods: Mucins were purified from crude mucus by density gradient ul-tra-centrifugation...