Malignant teratoma of the thyroid in a pregnant woman

Belen Pérez-Mies; Rita M Regojo Zapata; Eugenia García-Fernández; M Nistal Serrano

doi:10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.07.004

Malignant teratoma of the thyroid in a pregnant woman

Ann Diagn Pathol. 2010 Aug;14(4):264-7. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.07.004.

Authors

Belen Pérez-Mies¹, Rita M Regojo Zapata, Eugenia García-Fernández, M Nistal Serrano

Affiliation

¹ Pathology Department, University Hospital of Guadalajara, C/Donantes de Sangre s/n 19002 Guadalajara, Spain. [email protected]

PMID: 20637432
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.07.004

Abstract

Most teratomas involving the thyroid gland are benign and occur in children. However, the adult cases reported are mostly malignant. Many of the cases previously described in the medical literature have fatal outcome because of spread of the tumor refractory to treatment. We report a case of primary malignant teratoma of the thyroid in a 38-year-old pregnant black woman. She was treated with a combination of surgery, and postoperative chemotherapy with good initial response.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Bleomycin
Cisplatin
Combined Modality Therapy
Etoposide
Female
Humans
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / drug therapy
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / pathology*
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / surgery
Teratoma / drug therapy
Teratoma / pathology*
Teratoma / surgery
Thyroid Neoplasms / drug therapy
Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

Bleomycin
Etoposide
Cisplatin

Supplementary concepts

BEP protocol