The largest reported papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in struma ovarii and metastasis to opposite ovary: case report and review of literature

The largest reported papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in struma ovarii and metastasis to opposite ovary: case report and review of literature

Abstract Background Malignant struma ovarii (MSO) is a very rare, germ cell tumor of the ovary, histologically identical to differentiated thyroid cancers. Struma ovarii (SO) is difficult to diagnose on clinical basis or imaging and is mostly discovered incidentally, with few published cases in the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohamed S. Al Hassan, Tamer Saafan, Walid El Ansari, Afaf A. Al Ansari, Mahmoud A. Zirie, Hanan Farghaly, Abdelrahman Abdelaal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Thyroid Research
Subjects:
Total abdominal hysterectomy
Oopherectomy
Salipingo-oopherectomy
Thyroid cancer
Malignant struma ovarii
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13044-018-0054-9

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13044-018-0054-9

Similar Items