Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma arising from a dermoid cyst: A rare malignancy in young women and review of the literature

• Hauptverfasser: Cem Dane (Verfasst von), Murat Ekmez (Verfasst von), Aysegul Karaca (Verfasst von), Aysegul Ak (Verfasst von), Banu Dane (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Elsevier, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: Benign or mature cystic teratomas, also known as dermoid cysts, are composed of mature tissues, which can contain elements of all three germ cell layers. Malignant transformation of a mature cystic teratoma is more common in postmenopausal women, however, it can also, rarely, be identifie...