Mature teratoma of the uterine corpus with thyroid differentiation.
A case of a clinically silent mature teratoma of the uterine corpus is reported. A 55-year-old woman presented with multiple uterine leiomyomas. The discovery was incidental, because the patient was asymptomatic. Macroscopically, a colloid-hemorrhagic-looking nodule was present. Histologic and immunohistochemical studies showed that this tumor was a small thyroid mass. Key words:,
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D002116:Calcitonin / Q000032:analysis; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008875:Middle Aged; D013724:Teratoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013954:Thyroglobulin / Q000032:analysis; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
D002116:Calcitonin; D013954:Thyroglobulin