Spontaneous Uterine Leiomyoma Torsion: A Challenging Differential Diagnosis for Radiologists
  • Ekaterini Tavernaraki
    CT-MRI Department, Evaggelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
  • Sofia Athanasiou
    CT-MRI Department, Evaggelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
  • Pavlos Ampatzis
    CT-MRI Department, Evaggelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece

Keywords

Uterine leiomyoma, complication, torsion, diagnostic imaging

Abstract

Uterine leiomyomas are very common gynaecological benign tumours. Spontaneous torsion of a uterine subserosal leiomyoma is a rare cause of acute lower abdominal pain and should be treated immediately with surgery. We report a case of an enlarged subserosal leiomyoma that was first detected by computed tomography (CT) and further confirmed by laparoscopic surgery to be a subserosal leiomyoma with torsion.

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    Published: 2020-06-23
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 9 (view)

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    Tavernaraki E, Athanasiou S, Ampatzis P. Spontaneous Uterine Leiomyoma Torsion: A Challenging Differential Diagnosis for Radiologists. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_001586.

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