Struma ovarii with pseudo-Meigs' syndrome: report of a case and review of the literature

Struma ovarii: appearance on MR images

“…Amr and Hassan [10] reported that struma ovarii contains thick gelatinous material in the tumors, and Szyfelbein et al [4] reported that struma ovarii contains red-brown solid tissue, found in one-half of the 30 patients in their study. These reports indicate that struma ovarii contains very viscid material.…”

“…Previous studies [4,9,10] have reported that struma ovarii has solid components, multilocular cystic components, and a multilobulated surface. These results are consistent with our findings.…”

Struma Ovarii with Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome and Raised Cancer Antigen-125 Levels Masquerading as an Ovarian Carcinoma: Case report and literature review

“…[2][3][4][5]9,11,12,15,[17][18][19][20][21][22]24,25 Only three patients underwent conservative surgery. 13,14,23 In the present case, the patient underwent conservative surgery in the form of a salpingo-oophorectomy, as there was no evidence of malignancy according to the frozen section analysis.…”

“…5,[12][13][14][15] The most common presenting symptom was abdominal distension. [2][3][4]9,10,12,13,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Pleural effusion was noted in 15 cases. 10 In one case, the struma ovarii was an incidental finding.…”

“…10 The mean follow-up period was approximately 8 months, ranging from 1-36 months. 4,5,[9][10][11]15,17,18,20,[22][23][24][25] Most cases were treated via total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral of colloid-filled follicles of various sizes, resembling thyroid follicles [ Figures 3B and C]. Based on analysis of the scrape smears and frozen section, a provisional diagnosis of struma ovarii was made.…”