title: Magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography of a giant multiseptated pyomyoma simulating an ovarian cancer.
abstract: A case of giant pyomyoma misdiagnosed as an ovarian cancer in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and a positron emission tomography (PET) scan is presented. An unusual huge, multiseptated, and pedunculated character, as well as a normal-sized uterus on imaging studies, caused the misinterpretation of the MRI and PET scan images as an ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ewha Womans University, School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sa Ra
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Bom Sahn
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hye-Sung
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Moon
mesh_terms: D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009214:Myoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography