Malignant struma ovarii: An analysis of 88 cases, including 27 with extraovarian spread

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-422

  Robboy, Stanley J ^a   Shaco Levy, Ruthy ^a,b   Peng, Ruth Y ^c   Snyder, Matthew J ^d   Donahue, John ^e   Bentley, Rex C ^a   Bean, Sarah ^a   Krigman, Hannah R ^f   Roth, Lawrence M ^g   Young, Robert H ^h  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Pathology   (United States)

^e Department of Pathology   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant struma ovarii; Microfollicular adenoma; Papillary adenocarcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; OVARY TERATOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; STRUMA OVARII; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749100360     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181a27777     Document Type: Article

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