title: [Presentation of an acute and painful giant, necrotic ileal leiomyoma].
abstract: We report on a case of giant necrotic ileal leiomyoma presenting uncommonly as a painful pelvic mass mimicking a sigmoid inflammatory process. The classical symptoms and clinical aspects of intestinal leiomyoma are briefly summarized. The CT and US aspects are described with peculiar attention to color Doppler which played an important role in the diagnosis of our patient.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Clinique St-Luc, Bouge, Namur, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coulier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lebon
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Coppens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Broze
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color