A Hormonally Active Malignant Struma Ovarii

Autor:	Carolina Lara, Dalia Cuenca, Latife Salame, Rafael Padilla-Longoria, Moisés Mercado
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens RC254-282
Zdroj:	Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, Vol 2016 (2016)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2090-6706 2090-6714
DOI:	10.1155/2016/2643470
Popis:	Struma ovarii is a rare monodermal variant of ovarian teratoma that contains at least 50% thyroid tissue. Less than 8% of struma ovarii cases present with clinical and biochemical evidence of thyrotoxicosis due to ectopic production of thyroid hormone and only 5% undergo malignant transformation into a papillary thyroid carcinoma. Only isolated cases of hormonally active papillary thyroid carcinoma developing within a struma ovarii have been reported in the literature. We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who presented with clinical signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism as well as a left adnexal mass, which proved to be a thyroid hormone-producing, malignant struma ovarii.
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