Struma ovarii with follicular thyroid-type carcinoma and neuroendocrine component: case report
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Struma ovarii with follicular thyroid-type carcinoma and neuroendocrine component: case report
Struma ovarii (SO) is a slow-growing ovarian neoplasm with thyroid tissue as its predominant component. It is an uncommon neoplasm, usually asymptomatic with an unknown risk of malignant transformation. Due to difficulties in assessing the rare biological nature and the discrepancies in the reported cases, a consensus on the appropriate treatment has not been definitively reached. A 50-year-old...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-93