Complicated giant polycystic ovary mimicking tumor: MR imaging findings.
A previously healthy 14-year-old girl presented with a 1-year history of abdominal pain that had worsened during the past 4 days. She had a right lower abdominal mass that was initially diagnosed as an ovarian tumor. MR imaging revealed a unilaterally enlarged and partially torted left polycystic ovary. Polycystic ovary is a common cause of increased ovarian volume in women of reproductive age. It is characterized by numerous small peripherally located follicles and increased stroma. It may mimic a neoplasm and lead to difficulties in diagnosis. In this case report, we discuss the unusual MR imaging findings and the pitfalls in diagnosis.
Oztoprak
Ibrahim
I
Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, AD Sivas 58140, Turkey. oztoprak@cumhuriyet.edu.tr
Eqilmez
Hulusi
H
Oztoprak
Bilge
B
Gümüs
Cesur
C
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*