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Ovarian fibroma

Case contributed by Zentout Sofiane
Diagnosis probable

Presentation

Pelvic pain.

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Female
mri

Well-defined multilobulated right ovarian mass, measuring 70 x 56 x 40 mm. It appears of low signal intensity on T1, very low signal intensity on T2 with moderate and heterogeneous enhancement. On the DWI it shows a low signal with a low ADC value "T2 blackout effect".

Case Discussion

MRI features most consistent with right ovarian fibroma.

Fibromas are benign ovarian tumours, and the most sex cord tumour, they account for approximately 4% of ovarian neoplasms, few percentages of patients with ovarian fibroma have ascites and pleural effusions (Meigs syndrome), which resolve after tumour resection.

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