Case Report
2013
March
Volume : 1
Issue : 1
Malignant struma ovarii-A rare ovarian tumor
Jagdishwar GG, Neelima, Sathish Rao I, Vikas B, Sagar S, Arun K
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Jagdishwar GG1,*, Neelima2, Sathish Rao I3, Vikas B4, Sagar S5 and Arun K6
1Department of Surgical Oncology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India
3Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India
4Department of General Surgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India
5Department of General Surgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India
6Department of General Surgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India
*Corresponding author: Dr. Jagdishwar Goud Gajagowni, M.S, M.Ch., Department of Surgical Oncology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India, E-mail: jagadishgdr@yahoo.com
Received 2 January 2012; Revised 8 February 2013; Accepted 20 February 2013
Citation: Jagdishwar GG, Neelima, Sathish Rao I, Vikas B, Sagar S and Arun K. Malignant Struma Ovarii- A Rare Ovarian Tumor. J Med Sci Res 2013; 1(1): 9-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2013/1-002
Copyright: © 2013 Jagdishwar GG et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abstract
We describe a case of 48yr old woman with malignant struma ovarii involving one ovary. Total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy was performed with histopatholgy revealing malignant struma ovary, follicular variant of papillary carcinoma.
Keywords: malignant struma; ovarian tumor; abdominal hysterectomy