title: Malignant struma ovarii with a focus of papillary thyroid cancer: a case report.
abstract: Struma ovarii is a rare form of ovarian neoplasm and its malignant transformation is even rarer. Because of its rarity, there is no consensus about its diagnosis and management in the literature. A 53-year-old woman with left adnexial mass underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy. Postoperatively, she was diagnosed with a malignant struma ovarii. Postoperative thyroid ultrasonography revealed a 0.5-cm solid nodule in the thyroid gland and total thyroidectomy was done. Pathology report was nodular hyperplasia of benign character. She is currently disease-free for 1 year but long-term follow-up with thyroglobulin levels is necessary due to reports of increasing recurrence rates.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Zekai Tahir Burak Woman Health Education and Research Hospital, Akat sok. No: 3/10, 06500, Cebeci/Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Melike
authors: M
authors: Doganay
authors: Tayfun
authors: T
authors: Gungor
authors: Sabri
authors: S
authors: Cavkaytar
authors: Levent
authors: L
authors: Sirvan
authors: Leyla
authors: L
authors: Mollamahmutoglu
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013330:Struma Ovarii / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography