Abstract

CHOC C., Lilian S.  and  CHOC C., Miriam A.. Struma ovarii: infrequent ovarian tumor. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2018, vol.21, n.2, pp.51-55. ISSN 2077-3323.

The Struma Ovarii, infrequent ovarian neoplasm, it constitutes a highly monodermic teratoma differentiated to the thyroid tissue, whose accurate diagnosis what provides the histopathology being the surgery the definitive treatment. It presents the case of a patient of 51 years old attended in 2C Clínica Médica ALOM by abdominal pain and tumoration of 8 centimeters in right pelvic region, corroborating by ultrasound a right adnexal mass of mixed echogenicity in that region; normal levels of tumor markers. It decided the surgical intervention, it performed total hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy, evidencing the anatomopathological diagnosis of Struma Ovarii of the left annex and cystic teratoma mature in the right annex. Therefore, the clinical data, the imaging and anatomopathological examinations allow to diagnose the ovarian struma.

Keywords : Struma ovarii; teratoma; ovarian neoplasms; ovary.

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