Struma ovarii – ultrasound features of a rare tumor mimicking ovarian cancer
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Ovarian cystic tumor composed of Brenner tumor and struma ovarii.
Ovarian tumor composed only of Brenner tumor and struma ovarii is very rare; only 6 cases have been reported in the English literature, to the best of the author's knowledge. A 66-year-old woman underwent right oophorectomy because of torsion of right ovarian cyst. Macroscopically, the ovarian cyst was hemorrhagic and red. Cystic content was hemorrhagic fluid. Microscopically, the cyst walls we...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Ultrasonography
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2066-8643,1844-4172
DOI: 10.11152/mu-1526