title: Xanthogranulomatous oophoritis mimicking malignancy: a diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a chronic condition in which the affected organ is replaced by lipid-filled macrophages with plasma cells, lymphocytes and neutrophils. It is very rare in the ovaries. A case of xanthogranulomatous oophoritis in a premenopausal multiparous woman presenting with abnormal uterine bleeding and adnexal mass whose clinical and imaging findings suggested malignancy is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Arifa Anwar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Elahi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Aruna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nigam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Mukta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pujani
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Swaraj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Batra
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009869:Oophoritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis*