title: Pedunculated uterine leiomyoma mimicking abdominal mass: a case report.
abstract: A 48-year-old woman presented with abdominal fullness and a palpable "mass" in the left lower quadrant. Ultrasonography showed a large, rounded, hypoechoic mass. Contrast-enhanced helical CT of the abdomen demonstrated a well-circumscribed, heterogeneously but vividly enhancing mass. The uterus had a leiomyomatous configuration on CT. Uterus and mass revealed the same enhancing pattern. Thin section CT revealed a long, thin stalk connecting the mass with the body of the uterus. Surgical removal of both uterus and the mass confirmed the diagnosis of a pedunculated subserosal leiomyoma originating from a leiomyomatous uterus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. aoikonom@med.duth.gr.
authors.forename: Athina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spanoudaki
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oikonomou
authors.forename: Krasimira
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dimitrova
authors.forename: Panos
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prassopoulos