Ovarian goiter with papillary thyroid carcinoma: A very rare case
(1) Sub-Division of Gynecological Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Division, RSUP DR M DJAMIL Padang/Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University
(2) Sub-Division of Gynecological Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Division, RSUP DR M DJAMIL Padang/Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University
(3) Resident of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University
(4) Anatomical Pathology Section at M Natsir Hospital Solok
(*) Corresponding Author
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25077/aoj.6.2.179-183.2022
Abstract
Struma ovarii is a rare condition, in which thyroid tissue is the predominant element in an ovarian carcinoma. Thyroid tissue may demonstrate the same spectrum of pathological features as in the normal thyroid including benign and malignant changes. The malignant type is very rare, only 5% from all incidents of goiter ovarii. We present a case of papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in a struma ovarii of the right ovary in a 43-year-old female
Keywords
papillary thyroid carcinoma; goiter ovary; ovarian tumor
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