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MARIA SOLANGE, FERRER; COSTA, GEYLOR  e  SERVICIO DE CIRUGIA GENERAL HOSPITAL “JOSE MARIA VARGAS”. IVSS. MARACAY ESTADO ARAGUA. ²HOSPITAL LUIS ORTEGA IVSS. ESTADO NUEVA ESPARTA. VENEZUELA. Tejido tiroideo con carcinoma papilar  en teratoma quístico maduro de ovario. Rev. venez. oncol. [online]. 2007, vol.19, n.3, pp.251-254. ISSN 0798-0582.

A clinical case of 42 years old woman, with increase abdominal size, 6 month of evolution; physical examination: a pelvic tumor up to umbilical scar, movable, firm, not painful. The ultrasound and CT scan report: tumor in right ovary, of 15.2 x 10.3 cm, with calcium and grease, uterus of 12x9x4 cm, suggestive of dermoid cyst and fibrous uterus. We found at surgery tumor in right ovary, of 15 cm, with large stem; another of 6 cm, in left ovary, fibrous uterus; intraoperatory biopsy: dermoid cysts of right ovary with thyroid gland tissue, the pathologist defer the intraoperatory biopsy. Definitive biopsy: thyroid gland tissue with papillary cancer in right ovarian dermoid cyst, dermoid cyst of left ovary. We present this case due we found thyroid gland tissue in less than 15 % of ovarian dermoid cyst and only occasionally contain any type of thyroid papillary or follicular cancer.

Palavras-chave : Ovarian; dermoid; cyst; thyroid gland tissue; papillary cancer.