TY - JOUR
T1 - Struma ovarii. Case report and revision of the literature
AU - Buscemi, Giuseppe
AU - Gioviale, Maria Concetta
AU - Perino, Antonino
AU - Lo Monte, Attilio Ignazio
AU - Venezia, Renato
AU - Damiano, Giuseppe
AU - Cucinella, Gaspare
AU - Palumbo, Vincenzo Davide
AU - Zumbino, Carmelo
AU - Spinelli, Gabriele
AU - Bellavia, Maurizio
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Struma ovarii is a rare form of ovarian neoplasm,entirely or predominantly composed of thyroidtissue. This tumour generally has a benign biologicalbehavior, although some cases of malignanttransformation have been reported (5-10%). Thetumour usually presents as an asymptomaticmature mass that may measure as much as 10 cmin diameter. The presence of ascites is possible(15-20%), and in a few cases the association ofascites and hydrothorax has been recorded(Pseudo-Meigs Syndrome); a close relationshipbetween ascites and high levels of Ca-125, thatmay wrongly induce to a diagnosis of ovariancarcinoma is present. Other possible clinicalconsequences are compressive symptoms on adjacentstructures and symptoms of estrogenic-progestinalhyperproduction such as menometrorrhagia,dysmenorrhoea, infertility, and skin rash.Here we report the case of a young womanpresenting, at her admission, a voluminousabdomino-pelvic mass (max. diam. 30 cm), histologicallyrepresented by a mature teratomaprevalently composed of thyroid tissue. Eur. J.Oncol., 16 (3), 000-000, 2011
AB - Struma ovarii is a rare form of ovarian neoplasm,entirely or predominantly composed of thyroidtissue. This tumour generally has a benign biologicalbehavior, although some cases of malignanttransformation have been reported (5-10%). Thetumour usually presents as an asymptomaticmature mass that may measure as much as 10 cmin diameter. The presence of ascites is possible(15-20%), and in a few cases the association ofascites and hydrothorax has been recorded(Pseudo-Meigs Syndrome); a close relationshipbetween ascites and high levels of Ca-125, thatmay wrongly induce to a diagnosis of ovariancarcinoma is present. Other possible clinicalconsequences are compressive symptoms on adjacentstructures and symptoms of estrogenic-progestinalhyperproduction such as menometrorrhagia,dysmenorrhoea, infertility, and skin rash.Here we report the case of a young womanpresenting, at her admission, a voluminousabdomino-pelvic mass (max. diam. 30 cm), histologicallyrepresented by a mature teratomaprevalently composed of thyroid tissue. Eur. J.Oncol., 16 (3), 000-000, 2011
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/66234
M3 - Article
SN - 1128-6598
VL - 16
SP - 163
EP - 169
JO - European Journal of Oncology
JF - European Journal of Oncology
ER -