An Extremely Rare Case of Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Arising in Malignant Struma Ovarii and Concurrent Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case Study

Ovarian tumors can be classified by their origin - epithelial tumors, germ cell tumors, and stromal tumors. Malignant struma ovarii (MSO) are 0.01% of all ovarian tumors. In order to be classified as a struma ovarii, more than 50% of the teratoma consists of thyroid tissue. The thyroid tissue in the struma ovarii exhibits the same histological and physiological properties as that of the cervical thyroid tissue. Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) is an extremely rare occurrence when arising from an MSO. Including this case report, there are only 10 reports of PDTC in the setting of MSO. Of these cases, this patient is the only one who presented with concurrent primary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). This case study examines how invaluable intra-professional collaboration is for appropriate diagnosis, along with attention to detail of identifying markers in pathology sections and use of the appropriate immunohistochemical analysis.