The enigma of struma ovarii

Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Roth, Lawrence M ^a   Talerman, Aleksander ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular carcinoma; Germ cell tumours; Malignant struma; Monodermal teratoma; Ovary; Papillary carcinoma; Peritoneal strumosis; Struma ovarii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CARCINOID; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TERATOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; STRUMA OVARII;

EID: 33847241501     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020601123979     Document Type: Article

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