Affiliation
Department of Radiology, Adelaide and Meath Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland.Issue Date
2009-09MeSH
Ablation TechniquesDiagnosis, Differential
Dysmenorrhea
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Iodine Radioisotopes
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Ovarian Neoplasms
Ovary
Pelvic Pain
Rare Diseases
Struma Ovarii
Thyroid Gland
Thyroidectomy
Young Adult
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An unusual cause of pelvic pain: struma ovarii., 92 (5):239-41 JBR-BTRJournal
JBR-BTR : organe de la Société royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR)PubMed ID
19999326Abstract
A 22 year old female patient presented with a three month history of pelvic discomfort and dysmenorrhoea. A pelvic MRI demonstrated a large mass measuring 10 x 6 cm in size. On T1 and T2 weighted images the mass was noted to be predominantly cystic. The mass also contained peripheral solid components as well as a large fat fluid level. Following excision, histological examination revealed a lesion with mature teratomatous elements but with a significant component (> 50%) being composed of mature thyroid tissue. A 2cm area within the lesion had the morphological pattern of a classical papillary thyroid carcinoma. A diagnosis of struma ovarii was made. Struma ovarii is a rare ovarian neoplasm generally arising in a teratoma and accounts for less than 1% all ovarian neoplasms. Here we present the above case of struma ovarii in a young patient and discuss the radiological characteristics of the disease.Item Type
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0302-7430Collections
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