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Kim: Exophytic Lipoleiomyoma of the Uterus Mimicking Ovarian Teratoma: A Case Report
Case Report

Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 2006; 55(3): 285-288.

Published online: 30 September 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2006.55.3.285

Exophytic Lipoleiomyoma of the Uterus Mimicking Ovarian Teratoma: A Case Report

Jongchul Kim

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.

jckim@cnu.ac.kr

Copyright © 2006 by The Korean Society of Radiology

Abstract

Lipoleiomyoma is a rare benign neoplasm of the uterus. I present here a case of exophytic uterine lipoleiomyoma in a 77-year-old woman. Due to its exophytic nature, this fatty tumor mimicked ovarian teratoma on the imaging studies.

Keywords: Uterine neoplasms, Uterine neoplasms, CT, Leiomyoma, Uterus, US

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