Presentation
Follow-up after radical hysterectomy and radiation therapy for cervical cancer.
Patient Data
Age: 40 years
Gender: Female
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- surgical clips from radical hysterectomy with pelvic and paraaortic lymph node removal
- single surgical clip in each paracolic gutter above pelvic brim marks position of respective ovary
From the case:
Ovarian transposition
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- cystic structure with thick enhancing wall in right ovary, most probably corpus luteal cyst
- no evidence of disease recurrence
Case Discussion
A radiologist unaware of the widely accepted practice of ovarian transposition (oophoropexy) prior to pelvic radiation therapy may misdiagnose the transposed ovaries as metastases or disease recurrence.