TY - JOUR
AR - SCR-2020-7-108
TI - Strumal Carcinoid Focus in Mature Cystic Teratoma in a Patient with Breast Cancer and Desire for Fertility Preservation
AU - Eduardo Gonzalez, Bosquet
AU - M. , Muniesa
AU - A. Hernandez , Saborit
AU - S. Gonzalez , Nuñez
AU - M. , Suñol
JO - Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2020
DA - Tue 14, Jul 2020
SN - 2613-5965
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2020.07.08
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/strumal-carcinoid-focus-in-mature-cystic-teratoma-in-a-patient_SCR-2020-7-108 
KW - Strumal carcinoid, teratoma, ovarian cyst, breast cancer, fertility preservation
AB - Ovarian primary carcinoid tumors are very rare, accounting for 0.5-1.7% of all carcinoid tumors and 3% of
ovarian teratomas. This type of tumor frequently arises from a mature cystic teratoma. The primary ovarian
carcinoid tumors are divided into 4 major types, based on their histological characteristics: insular,
trabecular or mucinous pattern. Strumal carcinoid refers to insular or trabecular pattern associated with
struma ovarii. The strumal type is the most common histologic form, accounting for 40% of primary ovarian
carcinoid tumors. Approximately 5% of carcinoid tumors of the non-mucinous type can be malignant.
However, in the case of ovarian strumal carcinoid, the occurrence of metastasis is unusual. This article is
based on a case of a 30-year-old nulliparous woman diagnosed with strumal carcinoid, who presented a
right ovarian tumor suggestive of teratoma synchronous to a breast cancer. She was referred to our center
for fertility preservation.