Uterine cervical diverticulum resembling a degenerated leiomyoma.
BACKGROUND
Uterine diverticulum is a very rare anomaly. Most previously reported cases were called "pregnancy-associated sacculations," and only 2 cases were considered true uterine diverticula.


METHODS
A 41-year-old woman presented with fever and lower abdominal pain. An extrauterine mass was detected, and a hysterectomy was performed. Pathological examination revealed a cystic uterine diverticulum lined with cervical glands and myometrium arising from the cervix. The final diagnosis was an infected uterine cervical diverticulum.


CONCLUSIONS
Cervical diverticulum is a rare lesion that should be added to the differential diagnosis of a woman presenting with a pelvic mass.
Umezaki
Izumi
I
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Daini Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. hishoog@dnh.twmu.ac.jp
Takagi
Koichiro
K
Aiba
Motohiko
M
Ohta
Hiroaki
H
D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*