TY - JOUR
T1 - Uterine inversion in association with uterine sarcoma: a case report with MRI findings and review of the literature
AU - Occhionero, Mariavittoria
AU - Restaino, Gennaro
AU - Ciuffreda, Matteo
AU - Carbone, Arnaldo
AU - Sallustio, Giuseppina
AU - Ferrandina, Maria Gabriella
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Non-puerperal uterine inversion due to uterine sarcomas represents a very rare event with no reliable estimate of frequency in the literature. Clinically, the diagnosis of inversion may be difficult, as far as imaging procedures are concerned, although ultrasonography may prove to be useful. However, some characteristics such as the indentation of the fundic area and a depressed longitudinal groove extending from the uterus to the center of the inverted portion are difficult to recognize. Moreover, there is no specific computed tomography feature accurate enough to aid in the differential diagnosis. Here, we report a case of uterine inversion due to Müllerian uterine adenosarcoma whose preoperative workup and diagnosis took advantage of the application of magnetic resonance imaging.
AB - Non-puerperal uterine inversion due to uterine sarcomas represents a very rare event with no reliable estimate of frequency in the literature. Clinically, the diagnosis of inversion may be difficult, as far as imaging procedures are concerned, although ultrasonography may prove to be useful. However, some characteristics such as the indentation of the fundic area and a depressed longitudinal groove extending from the uterus to the center of the inverted portion are difficult to recognize. Moreover, there is no specific computed tomography feature accurate enough to aid in the differential diagnosis. Here, we report a case of uterine inversion due to Müllerian uterine adenosarcoma whose preoperative workup and diagnosis took advantage of the application of magnetic resonance imaging.
KW - lymphoma
KW - uterine inversion
KW - lymphoma
KW - uterine inversion
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/63519
UR - http://www.karger.com/article/abstract/334311
U2 - 10.1159/000334311
DO - 10.1159/000334311
M3 - Article
SN - 0378-7346
VL - 73
SP - 260
EP - 264
JO - Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
JF - Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
ER -