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Management strategy of primary ovarian mucinous carcinoid tumor: A rare case report.

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

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  • Primary ovarian carcinoid tumors are very rare, with only about 30 cases reported since they were first identified in 1939; they can be classified into various types, with mucinous forms being extremely uncommon.
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Ovarian carcinoid is a rare well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor resembling those arising in the gastrointestinal tract. We present a case of ovarian carcinoid with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. A 50-year-old woman with genital bleeding and severe constipation was referred to our hospital.

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Introduction: Ovarian strumal carcinoid is a rare type of germ cell tumor. It usually affects perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. Very few cases of stromal carcinoid have been reported in the literature in women of childbearing age, particularly during pregnancy.

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Neoplasms in Struma Ovarii: A Review.

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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.

Struma ovarii is a well-known ovarian teratoma made up of benign thyroid tissue. These lesions demonstrate variable, normal architecture and normal thyroid immunohistochemical staining with positivity for TTF1, PAX8, and thyroglobulin. Though most are benign, some of these lesions can also present with a malignant component.

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