UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT

Volume: 79 Number: 4 March 21, 2017
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UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT

Abstract

Objective:Myomas are the most common uterine neoplasms. They usually have a characteristic appearance on ultrasound but the myomas that have undergone degeneration may have variable patterns. We are presenting a patient with the histologic diagnosis of uterine myoma with cystic degeneration, but preoperatively, we strongly suspected that the tumor was a primary ovarian tumor.

Case report: A 41-year-old woman, presented with a history of abdominal distention and pelvic pain. Abdominal sonogram showed a large, complex and predominantly cystic mass, approximately 20 cm × 30 cm in size, occupying the whole abdomen and suggestive of a suspicious ovarian neoplasm. Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan showed a large, thin-walled and predominantly cystic mass. The tumor was in general cystic but solid components showed contrast enhancement after contrast injection. Tumor markers were slightly elevated. Primary ovarian tumor was the most likely diagnosis, because of its size, cystic nature and thin walls. At laparotomy, we found an enlarged, complex and predominantly cystic tumor arising from the uterus that filled the entire abdominal cavity. Total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy was done. Frozen section diagnosis was degenerated uterine myoma. Postoperative period was uneventful and the patient was discharged 5 days after the operation. The final histologic diagnosis was uterine myoma with cystic and myxoid degeneration, no mitosis nor necrosis was present.

Conclusion: An uterine myoma with extensive cystic degeneration may mimic an ovarian tumor on imaging modalities and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an adnexial / pelvic mass.

Keywords: Fibroids; ovarian cancer; degenerated myoma.

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English

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Health Care Administration

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Authors

Ahmet Cem İyibozkurt This is me

Yeşim Erbil This is me

Publication Date

March 21, 2017

Submission Date

July 20, 2016

Acceptance Date

September 27, 2016

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Year 2016 Volume: 79 Number: 4

APA
Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, B., İyibozkurt, A. C., & Erbil, Y. (2017). UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 79(4), 172-174. https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495
AMA
1.Karamustafaoğlu Balcı B, İyibozkurt AC, Erbil Y. UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT. İst Tıp Fak Derg. 2017;79(4):172-174. doi:10.18017/iuitfd.308495
Chicago
Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, Burçin, Ahmet Cem İyibozkurt, and Yeşim Erbil. 2017. “UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT”. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 79 (4): 172-74. https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495.
EndNote
Karamustafaoğlu Balcı B, İyibozkurt AC, Erbil Y (March 1, 2017) UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 79 4 172–174.
IEEE
[1]B. Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, A. C. İyibozkurt, and Y. Erbil, “UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT”, İst Tıp Fak Derg, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 172–174, Mar. 2017, doi: 10.18017/iuitfd.308495.
ISNAD
Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, Burçin - İyibozkurt, Ahmet Cem - Erbil, Yeşim. “UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT”. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 79/4 (March 1, 2017): 172-174. https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495.
JAMA
1.Karamustafaoğlu Balcı B, İyibozkurt AC, Erbil Y. UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT. İst Tıp Fak Derg. 2017;79:172–174.
MLA
Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, Burçin, et al. “UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT”. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, vol. 79, no. 4, Mar. 2017, pp. 172-4, doi:10.18017/iuitfd.308495.
Vancouver
1.Burçin Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, Ahmet Cem İyibozkurt, Yeşim Erbil. UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT. İst Tıp Fak Derg. 2017 Mar. 1;79(4):172-4. doi:10.18017/iuitfd.308495

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