Mehmet SİPAHİ, Vehbi Yavuz TOKGÖZ, Ayten LİVAOGLU, Ramazan KOZAN, Recep ERİN, Derya Burkankulu AGİRBAS

Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid in a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary: a case report

Mature cystic teratomas (MCT) are composed of a mixture of tissues derived from all three germ layers and are the most common ovarian tumor in both adolescents and women of reproductive age. Although most of these tumors are benign, malignant transformation of MCT occurs only in about 1-2% of cases. Any of the tissues within the MCT, can change malignant transformation. Struma ovarii is a rare ovarian tumor, reported as %0.5-1 of all ovarian masses and

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