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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the five patients in our hospital

From: Clinical characteristics and survival outcomes of malignant struma ovarii confined to the ovary

No.

Age (y)

Dysthyroidism; Elevated CA 125

Pathology

Surgery

Adjuvant therapy

Recurrence

Result of follow-up

1

78

N/N

FVPTC

Partial pancreatectomy (metastasis of clear cell carcinoma of kidney), splenectomy; USO (LSO)

N

N

NED at 40 m (Normal thyroid gland on US/WBS)

2

42

N/N

PTC

USO (LSO)

N

N

NED at 5y

(Normal thyroid gland on US)

3

42

N/N

PTC

USO (LSO)

Chemotherapy (TC for 3 cycles)

N

NED at 3y (Normal thyroid gland on PET)

4

56

N/Y

PTC

USO, Debulking (TAH + RSO + omentectomy + LN)

Chemotherapy (TC for 6 cycles)

N

NED at 70 m (Normal thyroid gland on US)

5

44

N/Y

PTC

USO (LSO)

TT

N

NED at 6 m (TG undetectable); synchronous local primary PTC in neck

  1. Abbreviations: FVPTC follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma, PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma, USO unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, L/RSO left/right salpingo-oophorectomy, BSO bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, TAH total abdominal hysterectomy, LN lymph nodes resection, TC taxol plus carboplatin, TT total thyroidectomy, US ultrasonography, WBS whole body scan, NED no evidence of disease