Struma ovarii
Pamich, G.
Minerva Chirurgica 33(17): 1131-1136
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4733 PMID: 692895 Document Number: 130842
A case of struma ovarii in which the correct diagnosis was only suspected at the time of surgery is reported. A 131I scintiscan offers the only preoperative means of ensuring diagnosis. Indeed the condition itself is rare and its clinical signs resemble those of a small ovarian cyst, so that preoperative diagnosis may well be mistaken. Hyperthyroidism accompanied by a normally functioning cervical thyroid offers the sole reason for suspecting an adnexal mass or a struma ovarii.