Management dilemma of thyroid nodules in patients with malignant struma ovarii
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Case report: Malignant struma ovarii.
Struma ovarii are specialized teratomas consisting of thyroid tissue with various microscopic features, ranging from benign to malignant. We report a rare form of malignant struma ovarii, composed exclusively of a follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma with capsular invasion, which occurred in a 65-yr-old woman.
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عنوان ژورنال: Gland Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2227-684X,2227-8575
DOI: 10.21037/gs.2016.03.04