BENIGN AND MALIGNANT STRUMA OVARII

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 102  (4) , 180-184
Abstract
Three cases of struma ovarii are reported, 2 of which were benign, and 1 which was malignant. Immunoperoxidase studies confirmed that the tumors secreted triiodothyronine and thyroxine, but no carcinoembryonic antigen or .alpha.-fetoprotein. In the case of the malignant struma ovarii, the patient''s thyroid was histologically normal, and the possibility of a metastasis to the ovary from a primary thyroid carcinoma was excluded.