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ArticleCureus2019

Malignant Thyroid-type Papillary Neoplasm in Struma Ovarii: A Case Report.

Syed Adeel Hassan, Ali Akhtar, Noor Ul Falah, Fahad N Sheikh

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Syed Adeel HassanInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Ali AkhtarInternal Medicine, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, PAK.
Noor Ul FalahPathology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, PAK.
Fahad N SheikhInternal Medicine, Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal, PAK.
Dow University of Health Sciences · PKShaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) arising in a coexistent struma ovarii (SO) is a rare malignancy. It manifests with abdominal symptoms such as palpable mass, pain, distension, and possibly ascites. It is usually diagnosed postoperatively, and its histopathological diagnostic criteria remain identical to that of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland. Due to the relative rarity of the disease, definitive guidelines for its overall management are still undefined. We present a case of a 51-year old female with suspicion of a left ovarian tumor due to her presenting symptoms: raised serum CA-125 levels and abnormal abdominopelvic CT scan findings. She underwent complete surgical debulking of the mass (total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO), omentectomy, appendectomy, and pelvic lymphadenectomy). The mass was postoperatively diagnosed by histopathology as PTC in SO (stage IA). Furthermore, our patient did not receive any adjuvant treatment. The patient has been disease-free for 24 months post-surgery and is scheduled for regular biannual follow-ups.

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PMID32010534
PMCPMC6975244
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