title: Complex Nabothian cysts: a diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Multiple and large cysts, located in the cervical stroma, can cause significant enlargement of the cervix.
  
  
  METHODS
  A woman with two large intracervical cysts, one complex, underwent evaluation with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Hysterectomy revealed Nabothian cysts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In rare cases in which the intracervical cysts assume very large dimensions, ultrasound and MRI can aid diagnosis, but may not always prevent the need for excision or hysterectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya, Hatechnion University, Nahariya, Israel.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sosnovski
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barenboim
authors.forename: Hector I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bornstein
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D003127:Colposcopy; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008679:Metaplasia; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*