title: Primary leiomyoma of the ovary in a young woman: literature review and report of a case.
abstract: Ovarian leiomyoma is a rare tumor. We present a case of ovarian leiomyoma in a 32-year-old virgin with the complaint of dysmenorrhea for six months. On magnetic resonance imaging, a 6 cm x 4 cm mass in the left ovary exhibiting hypointense signals on both T1-weighted and T2-weighted images was initially considered to be fibroma and/or thecoma. However, after surgery the pathological diagnosis of the removed tumor was leiomyoma of the left ovary. The literature on this rare tumor was also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Ozcimen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oktem
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Zeyneloglu
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuscu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery