Papillary thyroid cancer in a struma ovarii: a report of a rare case

Hormones (Athens). 2015 Jan-Mar;14(1):154-9. doi: 10.14310/horm.2002.1518.

Abstract

After removal of an ovarian mass in a 43-year-old woman, a struma ovarii was diagnosed. Within this teratoma, a papillary thyroid cancer was found. The tumor was negative for BRAF, NRAS, KRAS, PIK3CA and c-KIT mutations on molecular analysis. Thyroid function and morphology were normal. Thyroidectomy, L-T4 TSH-suppressive therapy and rhTSH-induced radioiodine ablation were performed. So far, the follow-up has been favorable. This is the first case of thyroid cancer in a struma ovarii in which mutations of PIK3CA exons 9 and 20, and c-KIT exons 9, 11 and 13 have been evaluated and the third in which ablation has been performed under rhTSH. The prognosis of patients with thyroid cancer in a struma ovarii is generally poor. In our patient, as in those who undergo ablative radioactive iodine therapy, this was not the case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / radiotherapy
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / therapeutic use
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / radiotherapy*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • Struma Ovarii / pathology*
  • Struma Ovarii / surgery
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thyroidectomy
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes