Metastatic thyroid carcinoma in the presence of struma ovarii.
A 27-year-old woman presented with metastatic follicular carcinoma of thyroid cell type. Assessment was complicated by recent surgery for "benign" struma ovarii. She underwent total thyroidectomy which failed to show a neoplasm, leaving the struma ovarii as the likely source of the metastasis.
Chan
S W
SW
Department of Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC. sorway2@yahoo.com
Farrell
K E
KE
D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000473:pathology*; D013330:Struma Ovarii / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome