title: Bilateral ovarian leiomyomas: CT and MRI features.
abstract: We recently treated a 21-year-old woman with leiomyomas arising from the bilateral ovaries, a very rare condition. On magnetic resonance imaging, more than half of the left adnexal mass showed low signal intensity on T2-weighted images and good enhancement by gadolinium-DTPA, and the remaining part showed high signal intensity on T2-weighted images, so the lesions initially were diagnosed as ovarian fibromas or as thecomas with a certain degree of degeneration. Pathologic examination of the excised tumors proved that they were bilateral ovarian leiomyomas; in addition, the tumor from the left side showed hemorrhagic and myxoid changes with torsion of 180 degrees.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshitake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimitsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aibe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishie
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kakihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ariyoshi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaneki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed