Iranian Journal of Pathology

Primary Strumal Carcinoid Tumor of the Ovary: a Case Report

Document Type : Case Reports

Authors

Nahid Ghanbarzadeh 1
Mohammad Nadjafi-Semnani 2
Zohreh Azarkar 3
Fatemeh Haghighi 4
Ali Nadjafi-Semnani 5

1 Dept. of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

2 Dept. of Urology, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

3 Dept. of Infectious Disease, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

4 Dept. of pathology, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

5 Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
Primary ovarian carcinoid tumors of the ovary are rare and represent less than 0.1% of ovarian malignancy. One of its subtypes is the strumal carcinoid in which the thyroid tissue is seen in intimate association with carcinoid tumor. We here report a 47-year-old woman with strumal carcinoid of the right ovary presented with cessation of menstrual periods in the past 3 months and was referred due to a possible menopause-related symptom. A firm pelvic mass was found in physical examination and a large mass (20 × 15 × 8 cm) in the right ovary was reported in ultrasound evaluation. The spiral CT scan reported masses in both ovaries. The patient underwent total abdominal hysterectomy plus bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The pathological evaluation revealed strumal carcinoid tumor with thyroid tissue in right ovary and benign cystic teratoma in left ovary. Our case was alive at 8 years after the operation with no disease recurrence.

Keywords

Carcinoid Tumor
Ovarian Neoplasms
Struma Ovarii
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Carcinoid Tumor, Ovarian Neoplasms, Struma Ovarii
Iranian Journal of Pathology
Volume 9, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
Autumn 2014
Pages 285-290

  • Receive Date 07 August 2013
  • Accept Date 24 January 2014

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