title: Failure of ultrasound to diagnose a giant ovarian cyst: a case report.
abstract: Ultrasonography is the method of choice in the diagnosis of ovarian cysts. In this case report, a cyst of enormous volume (>35 litres) was limiting the application of ultrasound techniques giving the false impression of ascites. A 55-year-old woman was finally diagnosed as having a giant ovarian mucosal-serosal cystadenoma of borderline potential after undergoing a total abdominal hysterectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy and excision of the cyst. In the literature, similar conditions have been described with the term 'empty abdomen'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Periferiaki Odos Neas Efkarpias, 56 429, Thessaloniki, Greece. themis.mikos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Themistoklis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikos
authors.forename: George P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Tabakoudis
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pados
authors.forename: Nikos P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Eugenidis
authors.forename: Efstratios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Assimakopoulos