Navarro Maria D, Tan Mary Aldrene L, Lovecchio John L, Hajdu Steven I
Department of Pathology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York 11030, USA.
Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2004 Winter;34(1):107-12.
Struma ovarii are specialized teratomas consisting of thyroid tissue with various microscopic features, ranging from benign to malignant. We report a rare form of malignant struma ovarii, composed exclusively of a follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma with capsular invasion, which occurred in a 65-yr-old woman.