Cavernous hemangioma presenting as a right adnexal mass in a child.
This is the case of an 11-year-old girl who presented with a right adnexal mass and vague abdominal symptoms since seven months prior to her hospital admission for surgery. CT-scan and sonographic images were those of a benign lesion, probably ovarian torsion or infarction. Serum tumoral markers were normal. A right salpingo-oophorectomy and appendectomy were performed. Pathology examination revealed a cavernous hemangioma of the ovary. The clinicopathologic presentation of this unusual benign ovarian tumor is discussed.
Correa-Rivas
María S
MS
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, PO Box 365067, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-5067.
Colón-González
Gloria
G
Lugo-Vicente
Humberto
H
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000175:diagnosis