Open AccessStruma Ovarii with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Daniel Mamere Alvarez,
Victor Lee,
Shweta Bhatt,
Vikram S. Dogra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical imaging science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.279
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2156-7514
pISSN - 2156-5597
DOI - 10.4103/2156-7514.84322
Subject(s) - struma ovarii , medicine , thyroid , papillary carcinoma , pathology , pathological , ovary , thyroid carcinoma , ovarian teratoma , teratoma
Struma ovarii is an uncommon condition, in which thyroid tissue is the predominant or exclusive element in an ovarian teratoma. Thyroid tissue may demonstrate the same spectrum of pathological features as in the normal thyroid including benign and malignant changes. We present a case of papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in a struma ovarii of the left ovary in a 21-year-old female
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