Omentium mimicking cystic masses in the pelvis.
Three female patients with ultrasound criteria of pelvic cysts but with wads of omentum mimicking cystic structures are reported. In 2 patients the omentum was involved in an inflammatory process; in the third, normal omentum was found filling old surgical defects. All were confirmed surgically.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010388:Pelvis; D014463:Ultrasonography