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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Mature teratoma of the uterine corpus with thyroid differentiation

Francesco BarbatoFrancesco CappelloRosa Maria Tomasino

subject

Calcitoninendocrine systemPathologymedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentThyroid GlandHysterectomyThyroglobulinAsymptomaticPathology and Forensic MedicineImmunoenzyme TechniquesmedicineHumansUterine NeoplasmGynecologyHysterectomyUterine leiomyomabusiness.industryThyroidTeratomaCell DifferentiationNodule (medicine)General MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasemedicine.anatomical_structureUterine NeoplasmsFemaleThyroglobulinTeratomamedicine.symptombusiness

description

A case of a clinically silent mature teratoma of the uterine corpus is reported. A 55-year-old woman presented with multiple uterine leiomyomas. The discovery was incidental, because the patient was asymptomatic. Macroscopically, a colloid-hemorrhagic-looking nodule was present. Histologic and immunohistochemical studies showed that this tumor was a small thyroid mass. Key words:,

https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01084.x