Struma ovarii and peritoneal strumosis during pregnancy

• Main Authors: Zheng Li (Author), Jingxue Wang (Author), Qian Chen (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Struma ovarii is a special type of ovarian dermoid cyst and accounts for approximately 2-3 % of all dermoid tumours. Benign struma ovarii may manifest as distant metastasis, called peritoneal strumosis, which makes it biologically similar to malignancy, and has been reported in l...