Open AccessA Case Report
Author(s) -
Takubo Kaiyo,
Yasui Hiroshi,
Toi Keizo
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1986.tb01064.x
Subject(s) - thyroglobulin , pathology , thyroid , immunohistochemistry , follicular phase , ultrastructure , biology , ovary , medicine , endocrinology
The case of a 58‐year‐old Japanese female with strumal carcinoid of the ovary is described. Ultrastructural examinations revealed numerous neurose‐cretory‐type granules in the cytoplasm of both thyroid and carcinoid components. Immunohistochemical studies showed immunoreactivities for thyroxin and thyroglobulin in the thyroid component. Several mucous glands were also observed in the tumor tissue. These morphological findings suggested that the follicles in the thyroid component were lined with thyroid follicular, carcinoid and mucous cells, and also supported the theory that this tumor may be derived from multidirectional differentiations of endodermal origin.