Rare Clinical Entity: Metastatic malignant struma ovarii diagnosed during pregnancy – Lessons for management
dc.contributor.author | Lager, Corey J | |
dc.contributor.author | Koenig, Ronald J | |
dc.contributor.author | Lieberman, Richard W | |
dc.contributor.author | Avram, Anca M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-24T03:29:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-24T03:29:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-06-19 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology. 2018 Jun 19;4(1):13 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40842-018-0064-5 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/144518 | |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract Background Malignant struma ovarii is an ovarian teratoma containing at least 50% thyroid tissue which has the potential to metastasize and produce thyroid hormone. Given its rarity, management strategies are not well-established. We report a case of metastatic malignant struma ovarii discovered during pregnancy with lessons for evaluation and management. Case presentation A 30-year-old woman who was two months pregnant was discovered to have struma ovarii with over half of the struma comprised of papillary thyroid cancer. Following tumor resection, delivery, and thyroidectomy, she underwent evaluation with stimulated thyroglobulin testing and diagnostic staging sodium iodide-131 scan (I-131), which revealed the presence of skeletal metastases. Following administration of 320 mCi I-131, post-therapy scan also showed miliary pulmonary metastases with improved ability to localize the bony and pulmonary metastases with concurrent SPECT/CT imaging. A second dosimetry-guided I-131 therapy resulted in complete resolution of pulmonary metastases; however, small foci of residual bone disease persisted. Post-therapy scans demonstrated additional findings not shown on diagnostic I-131 scans obtained prior to both her initial and second I-131 therapy. Conclusions SPECT/CT provides accurate anatomic correlation and localization of metastatic foci and can serve as a baseline study to assess interval response to treatment. Post-therapy scans should always be obtained when I-131 treatment is administered, as additional findings may be revealed versus low dose I-131 activity diagnostic scans. This patient had a high metastatic burden that would not have been discovered in a timely fashion with the conservative approach advocated by others. Thyroidectomy followed by a diagnostic staging radioiodine scan and a stimulated thyroglobulin level should be considered in patients with malignant struma ovarii for guiding therapeutic I-131 administration as metastatic risk is difficult to predict based on histopathologic examination. | |
dc.title | Rare Clinical Entity: Metastatic malignant struma ovarii diagnosed during pregnancy – Lessons for management | |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/144518/1/40842_2018_Article_64.pdf | |
dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
dc.rights.holder | The Author(s). | |
dc.date.updated | 2018-06-24T03:29:20Z | |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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