Typical thyroid-type carcinoma arising in struma ovarii: A report of 4 cases and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 496-506

  Roth, Lawrence M ^a   Miller III, Alexander W ^b   Talerman, Aleksander ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Thomas Jefferson University ^*

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular carcinoma; Germ cell tumors; Malignant struma; Ovary; Papillary carcinoma; Struma ovarii; Teratoma; Typical thyroid type carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; IODINE 131;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGHLY DIFFERENTIATED FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA OF OVARIAN ORIGIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TERATOMA; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THYROID TYPE FOLLICULAR OVARIAN CARCINOMA; THYROID TYPE PAPILLARY OVARIAN CARCINOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOID; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FATALITY; OVARY TUMOR; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; TERATOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; STRUMA OVARII; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149187142     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e31816a74c6     Document Type: Article

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