title: Ovarian ligament adenomyoma: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Adenomyoma is a benign tumour composed of smooth muscle and benign endometrium. These tumours typically originate within the uterus. An extra-uterine adenomyoma is a rare entity.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of extra-uterine adenomyoma of the ovarian ligament, which was an incidental finding during a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for a benign ovarian tumour in a postmenopausal woman. The mass was round with uterine-type smooth muscle and scattered functional endometrial glands and stroma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Only seven other cases of an extra-uterine uterine-like mass are reported in the literature. There have been no cases of adenomyoma in the ovarian ligament reported until now.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is most likely that this uterine-like mass arose from the tissues of the secondary müllerian system.
authors.affiliation: Padhar Hospital, Padhar, District - Betul, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Choudhrie
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mahajan
mesh_terms: D018194:Adenomyoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery