title: [Torsion of a pedunculated subserous myoma - a rare differential diagnosis of the acute abdomen].
abstract: We report about a rare case of acute abdomen in a 43 years old female patient who noticed a sudden onset of severe lower abdominal pain, increasing in strength within a few hours. The transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound showed an enlarged leiomyomatous uterus with a questionable torsion of a pedunculated subserous leiomyoma. The following magnetic resonance imaging confirms this diagnosis. During the laparoscopy a myomectomy has been performed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Radiologie, Kantonsspital Baden AG, Baden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yüksel-Hatz
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Chilla
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tokic
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hohl
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kubik-Huch
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery