Struma ovarii: a rare case of giant ovarian cyst

Struma ovarii is a rare tumor, which accounts for 2.7% of ovarian teratomas and 0.01% of ovarian tumors. It usually affects women in the fifth decades of life and is most often detected incidentally during ultrasound and then confirmed histologically. The gold standard treatment is surgery and progn...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2017, Vol.26, p.223-223
Main Authors: Raiteb, Hanane, El Fazazi, Hicham, Kouach, Jaouad, Moussaoui, Driss, Dehayni, Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Female
Humans
Ovarian Cysts - diagnostic imaging
Ovarian Cysts - pathology
Ovarian Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology
Prognosis
Struma Ovarii - diagnostic imaging
Struma Ovarii - pathology
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Summary:Struma ovarii is a rare tumor, which accounts for 2.7% of ovarian teratomas and 0.01% of ovarian tumors. It usually affects women in the fifth decades of life and is most often detected incidentally during ultrasound and then confirmed histologically. The gold standard treatment is surgery and prognosis is excellent. We here report the particular case of a young female patient with giant struma ovarii whose radiological features were classified as unusual presentation. We match patient's data with those from the literature.
ISSN:1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2017.26.223.10621