A Case of Malignant Struma Ovarii. |
Sang Yun Oh, Jae Hong Noh, Chel Hun Choi, Ui Young Lee, Chang Soo Park, Duk Soo Bae, Je Ho Lee, Byong Gie Kim |
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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Abstract |
Struma Ovarii is a teratoma with thyroid tissue as the predominant (>50%) constituent. It is rare, representing about 2% of all teratomas, and its malignant transformation, less than 5% of struma ovarii. Presenting symptoms are not specific, therefore pre-operative diagnosis of malignant struma ovarii is difficult and most diagnosis of malignant struma ovaii is determined by post-operative histologic findings. Because of the rarity of malignant struma ovarii, there is considerable confusion concerning diagnosis and management. A postmenopausal woman presented with pelvic mass and lower abdominal pain and explo-laparotomy was performed. Then, pathologic report was identified as malignant struma ovarii. We report a case of malignant struma ovarii with brief review of literature |
Key Words:
Malignant Struma Ovarii |
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