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GARCIA RAMIREZ, Carlos Alberto; SANDOVAL MARTINEZ, Diana Katherine  y  GARCIA AYALA, Ernesto. Struma ovarii, findings of thyroid disease in the ovary. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2014, vol.40, n.2, pp.206-217. ISSN 0138-600X.

Introduction: the ovarian neoplasms are difficult to diagnose due to a variety of histopathological findings, controversial histologic origin and because of the thin line that divides benign tumors from malignant ones. Teratomas account to 95 % of germinal tumors and among them are the monodermal which are infrequent. Struma ovarii denominates when only thyroid tissue is present and it can lead to hyperthyroidism or become malignant. Objective: to study clinical and histopathological characteristics from struma ovarii on patients from the Hospital Universitario de Santander from January 2005 to December 2010. Methods: a cross sectional study was made. All patients with primary ovary tumors were taken and they were classified according to origin. Cases of Struma ovarii were selected and from them clinical manifestations, morphologic findings and thyroid hormone levels were analyzed. Results: 410 cases (100 %) of ovary tumors were studied; 126 (30.7 %) cases were germinal, 120 (29.2 %) cases of teratomas and struma ovarii cases accounted for 4 (0.9 %).The main findings of last ones were: macroscopic solid and multinodular pattern, average tumoral size: 10 centimeters, in 3 (0.7 %) cases goiter was found and 1 (0.2 %) case had follicular carcinoma, normal thyroid hormones values, no bilaterality or primary pathology of thyroid. Conclusions: the most frequent ovary tumors in the Hospital Universitario de Santander between January 2005 December 2010 were those with epithelial origin. The frequency of struma ovarii was 0.9 % among all ovary neoplasms. No concomitant primary pathology of thyroid was detected.

Palabras clave : teratoma; struma ovarii; goiter; neoplasia.

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