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MRI of uterine leiomyosarcoma

1995; Elsevier BV; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0730-725x(95)93813-5

1873-5894

Sita J. Pattani, Ruben Kier, Robert Deal, Edward Luchansky,

Uterine Myomas and Treatments

We report a case of a patient with uterine leiomyosarcoma. At MR imaging, the patient was found to have a bilobed uterine mass with two components. While the caudal portion of the mass had the MRI appearance of a simple leiomyoma, the cephalad component showed atypical degeneration with an irregular contour. Malignant degeneration of a leiomyoma was confirmed by operative and histologic examination. We conclude that malignant degeneration should be considered on MR images of any degenerated leiomyoma showing an irregular contour.