Publications by authors named "Hamid-Reza Lighvani"

Background/aim: Malignant struma ovarii is an extremely rare tumor entity among ovarian tumors. In the presence of ascites and peritoneal metastases, the preoperative appearance may resemble the most common epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) and accordingly, the surgical therapy may be identical if a preoperative histology diagnosis is not possible. The objective of this case report is to present a patient with histopathologically confirmed malignant struma ovarii who underwent cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS and HIPEC) with the aim of complete tumor resection.

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