title: Monomorphic teratoma of the ovary: a rare cause of triiodothyronine toxicosis.
abstract: A case of low thyroid radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU) thyrotoxicosis due to a large struma ovarii comprising pure thyroid tissue is presented, including a detailed diagnostic evaluation, histopathology, and demonstration of rapid recovery of native thyroid function after surgical excision. In addition, the first comprehensive analysis of thyroglobulin obtained from an ovarian struma is reported.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine at UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0243, USA. peter.simkin@banyan.ummed.edu
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Simkin
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zweizig
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Afonso
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Fraire
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Braverman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013330:Struma Ovarii / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013954:Thyroglobulin / Q000378:metabolism; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013954:Thyroglobulin