title: Two cases of pregnant women with ovarian endometrioma mimicking a malignant ovarian tumor.
abstract: The detection of an ovarian mass during pregnancy is often a diagnostic challenge. We describe 2 cases of ovarian endometrioma during pregnancy with marked mural nodules on the cyst wall. The sonographic and MR imaging findings mimicked ovarian cancer. Surgical intervention may still be inevitable to exclude the possibility of malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Shozo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Onogi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shigetomi
authors.forename: Yoriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haruta
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naruse
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanayama
authors.forename: Taketoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sado
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitanaka
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography