title: Pure uterine lipoma.
abstract: Lipomatous tumors of the uterus are unusual, benign neoplasms seen in postmenopausal women. Although many of the mixed-type cases such as lipoleiomyoma and fibrolipoma have been reported, pure uterine lipomas are extremely rare. In the literature, a few cases with pure uterine lipoma have been reported. We first present the advanced magnetic resonance findings of pure uterine lipoma, followed by those of ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT). We markedly detected lipid peaks on the magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and the apparent diffusion coefficient value to be 0.00 due to chemical-shift effects with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). Although pelvic lipomatous tumors can be diagnosed with US and CT, in some cases, further workup may be required to localize the lesion. MRI may yield more valuable data for differential diagnosis. MRS and DWI findings provide additional clues on the nature of the lesion.
authors: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Inonu University, Malatya 44069, Turkey. gerdem@inonu.edu.tr
authors: Gulnur
authors: G
authors: Erdem
authors: Onder
authors: O
authors: Celik
authors: Hakki Muammer
authors: HM
authors: Karakas
authors: Alpay
authors: A
authors: Alkan
authors: Seyma
authors: S
authors: Hascalik
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*