title: Massive cystic degeneration of a pedunculated leiomyoma.
abstract: A 51-year-old woman presented with a large abdominopelvic mass suspicious on preoperative imaging for ovarian malignancy. At laparotomy, a large cystic mass was found originating from the uterus and adherent to the proximal ileum. Pathologic evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of cystic leiomyoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Women's and Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90033-0800, USA. dancz@usc.edu
authors.forename: Christina E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Dancz
authors.forename: Heather R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Macdonald
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011859:Radiography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*