title: Primary ovarian leiomyoma: a rare cause of ovarian tumor in adolescence.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lilic
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shorter
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garrow
mesh_terms: 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