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Unilateral follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma with unique KRAS mutation in struma ovarii in bilateral ovarian teratoma: a rare case report.
BMC cancer - 8 Jun 2012
Stanojevic Boban, Dzodic Radan, Saenko Vladimir, Milovanovic Zorka, Krstevski Vesna, Radlovic Petar, Buta Marko, Rulic Bozidar, Todorovic Lidija, Dimitrijevic Bogomir, Yamashita Shunichi
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BACKGROUND: Struma ovarii (SO) is a rare form of ovarian mature teratoma in which thyroid tissue is the predominant element. Because of its rarity, the differential diagnosis between benign and malignant SO has not been clearly defined. It is believed that malignant transformation of SO has similar molecular features with and its prognosis corresponds to that of malignant tumors originating in the thyroid. CASE...
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