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Leiomyosarcoma of the broad ligament: a case report with CT and MRI images

  • N. Makihara1,*,
  • T. Maeda2
  • Y. Ebina1
  • K. Kitajima2
  • F. Kawakami3
  • S. Hara3
  • H. Yamada1

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe

2Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe

3Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe (Japan)

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo24022014 Vol.35,Issue 2,March 2014 pp.174-177

Published: 10 March 2014

*Corresponding Author(s): N. Makihara E-mail: mm8548@med.kobe-u.ac.jp

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Abstract

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the broad ligament is a very rare and highly malignant gynecological tumor. The authors report a 61-year-old postmenopausal woman with signs and symptoms of malignant ovarian tumor. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was interpreted as being suspicious for malignant tumors, such as an ovarian cancer or a leiomyosarcoma of the broad ligament, so laparotomy was performed. Macroscopically, the tumor was revealed with a 18×13.7×9.5 cm degenerated, multiple cystic part and solid whitish part arising from broad ligament which on histopathology proved to be leiomyosarcoma. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, primary leiomyosarcoma of the broad ligament has been documented in 21 reports or so, and no imaging findings are available. Here the authors present the MRI findings of primary leiomyosarcoma of the broad ligament.

Keywords

Leiomyosarcoma; Broad ligment; Pelvic tumor; MRI.

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N. Makihara,T. Maeda,Y. Ebina,K. Kitajima,F. Kawakami,S. Hara,H. Yamada. Leiomyosarcoma of the broad ligament: a case report with CT and MRI images. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2014. 35(2);174-177.

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