Primary ovarian leiomyoma: a rare cause of ovarian tumor in adolescence.
A pediatric case of ovarian leiomyoma is presented. A review of the literature indicates that, in contrast to older patients, pediatric/young adult patients usually present with bilateral disease and do not have associated uterine leiomyomas.
Wei
Christina
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Division of Pediatric Surgery, Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Lilic
Nenad
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Shorter
Nicholas
N
Garrow
Eugene
E
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed