Magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography of a giant multiseptated pyomyoma simulating an ovarian cancer

• Published in: Fertility and sterility Vol. 94; no. 5; pp. 1900 - 1902
• Main Authors: Lee, Sa Ra, M.D., Ph.D, Kim, Bom Sahn, M.D., Ph.D, Moon, Hye-Sung, M.D., Ph.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous - diagnostic imaging; Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous - pathology; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Female genital diseases; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Internal Medicine; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myoma - diagnostic imaging; Myoma - pathology; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Ovarian Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology; Positron-Emission Tomography; Tumors; Radionuclide study; Ovarian diseases; Ovary cancer; Gynecology; Medical imagery; Malignant tumor; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Obstetrics; Positron emission tomography; Cancer; Female genital diseases; Emission tomography
• ISSN: 0015-0282; 1556-5653
• DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.02.046

A case of giant pyomyoma misdiagnosed as an ovarian cancer in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and a positron emission tomography (PET) scan is presented. An unusual huge, multiseptated, and pedunculated character, as well as a normal-sized uterus on imaging studies, caused the misinterpretation of the MRI and PET scan images as an ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma.