Two cases of pregnant women with ovarian endometrioma mimicking a malignant ovarian tumor

Shozo Yoshida, Yoshida S, Akira Onogi, Onogi A, Shigetomi H, Hiroshi Shigetomi, Tsuji Y, Yoriko Tsuji, Haruta S, Shoji Haruta, Katsuhiko Naruse, Kanayama S, Seiji Kanayama, Noguchi T, Taketoshi Noguchi, Sakata M, Mariko Sakata, Naoto Furukawa, Furukawa N, Sado T, Toshiyuki Sado, Yoshihiko Yamada, Yamada Y, Takashi Kitanaka, Kitanaka T, Hidekazu Oi, Oi H, Kobayashi H, Hiroshi Kobayashi
Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU · 2008 · vol. 36(8) , pp. 512–516 · doi:10.1002/jcu.20496 · PMID:18465809 · W2058194445
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Two pregnant women presented with ovarian endometriomas that mimicked malignant ovarian tumors on imaging, necessitating surgical intervention to rule out cancer.

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Abstract

The detection of an ovarian mass during pregnancy is often a diagnostic challenge. We describe 2 cases of ovarian endometrioma during pregnancy with marked mural nodules on the cyst wall. The sonographic and MR imaging findings mimicked ovarian cancer. Surgical intervention may still be inevitable to exclude the possibility of malignancy.

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endometriosisendometrioma

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Endometriosis Adult Diagnosis, Differential Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Ovarian Neoplasms Ovarian Neoplasms Ovarian Neoplasms Pregnancy Ultrasonography

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