Thyrotoxicosis ectopia et eutopia: Struma ovarii and Graves' disease

Authors
Iudica-Souza, C Adair, C Poth, P Wartofsky, L
Citation
C. Iudica-souza et al., Thyrotoxicosis ectopia et eutopia: Struma ovarii and Graves' disease, ENDOCRINOLO, 10(1), 2000, pp. 60-64
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrinology, Nutrition & Metabolism
Journal title
ENDOCRINOLOGIST
ISSN journal
10512144 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
60 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-2144(200001)10:1<60:TEEESO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A patient is described with both a hyperfunctioning goiter and a benign ova rian teratoma with functional thyroid tissue (struma ovarii). The diagnosis , frequency, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, relationship to autoimmun e thyroid disease, and management of thyrotoxicosis ectopia due to benign o r malignant struma ovarii are reviewed.