title: A large ovarian leiomyoma discovered incidentally in a 76-year-old woman: case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ovarian leiomyoma is very rare type of ovarian tumor. This benign tumor is seen in the pediatric age group to premenopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 76-year-old woman had a huge leiomyoma (19 x 11 x 10 cm) of the right ovary. The preoperative diagnosis was difficult to distinguish from a broad ligament leiomyoma or ovarian cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although theses tumors are benign, its extreme rarity led us to report an additional and rather unusual case of ovarian leiomyoma, and to focus some attention on this type of tumor.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichigo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsunami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*