Difference between revisions of "Teratoma"

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-*Thyroid tissue '''must''' comprise >50% of the mass ''or'' have a thyroid-associated malignancy (e.g. [[papillary thyroid carcinoma]]) for the label ''struma ovarii''.<ref name=pmid26374222>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wei | first1 = S. | last2 = Baloch | first2 = ZW. | last3 = LiVolsi | first3 = VA. | title = Pathology of Struma Ovarii: A Report of 96 Cases. | journal = Endocr Pathol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Sep | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1007/s12022-015-9396-1 | PMID = 26374222 }}</ref>
+*Various quantity requirements:
+**Wei ''et al.'' state that the thyroid tissue ''must'' comprise >50% of the mass ''or'' have a thyroid-associated malignancy (e.g. [[papillary thyroid carcinoma]]) for the label ''struma ovarii''.<ref name=pmid26374222>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wei | first1 = S. | last2 = Baloch | first2 = ZW. | last3 = LiVolsi | first3 = VA. | title = Pathology of Struma Ovarii: A Report of 96 Cases. | journal = Endocr Pathol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Sep | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1007/s12022-015-9396-1 | PMID = 26374222 }}</ref>
+**Nucci and Oliva state the thyroid tissue must be "predominant".<ref name=Ref_GP524>{{Ref GP|524}}</ref>
 *Benign thyroid tissue is not uncommon in teratomas (5-20%).<ref name=pmid26374222/>