title: [Giant hydropic fibroma: a case report].
abstract: Hydropic degeneration of a uterine leiomyoma is common. Giant forms are uncommon. Positive diagnosis may be challenging because the differential diagnosis includes other rare uterine tumors such as leiomyosarcoma. Uterine localization, the leiomyoma volume, margins with adjacent structures are best evaluated at MRI. Final diagnosis requires gross and microscopic examination. We describe such a diagnostic challenge in a 46-year-old woman with a giant hydropic leiomyoma.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, H.I.A. Sainte Anne, Boulevard Sainte Anne, 83800 Toulon Naval.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juglard
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tourrette
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Terrier
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dussaut
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barea
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Colineau
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Solacroup
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*