Case Report


DOI :https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495   IUP :https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495    Full Text (PDF)

UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT

Burçin Karamustafaoğlu BalcıAhmet Cem İyibozkurtYeşim Erbil

Objective:Myomas are the most common uterine neoplasms. They usually have a characteristic appearance on ultrasound but the myomas that have undergone degeneration may have variable patterns. We are presenting a patient with the histologic diagnosis of uterine myoma with cystic degeneration, but preoperatively, we strongly suspected that the tumor was a primary ovarian tumor. Case report: A 41-year-old woman, presented with a history of abdominal distention and pelvic pain. Abdominal sonogram showed a large, complex and predominantly cystic mass, approximately 20 cm × 30 cm in size, occupying the whole abdomen and suggestive of a suspicious ovarian neoplasm. Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan showed a large, thin-walled and predominantly cystic mass. The tumor was in general cystic but solid components showed contrast enhancement after contrast injection. Tumor markers were slightly elevated. Primary ovarian tumor was the most likely diagnosis, because of its size, cystic nature and thin walls. At laparotomy, we found an enlarged, complex and predominantly cystic tumor arising from the uterus that filled the entire abdominal cavity. Total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy was done. Frozen section diagnosis was degenerated uterine myoma. Postoperative period was uneventful and the patient was discharged 5 days after the operation. The final histologic diagnosis was uterine myoma with cystic and myxoid degeneration, no mitosis nor necrosis was present. Conclusion: An uterine myoma with extensive cystic degeneration may mimic an ovarian tumor on imaging modalities and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an adnexial / pelvic mass

DOI :https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495   IUP :https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495    Full Text (PDF)

OVER TÜMÖRÜNÜ TAKLİT EDEN KİSTİK DEJENERASYONA UĞRAMIŞ MYOMA UTERİ - OLGU SUNUMU

Burçin Karamustafaoğlu BalcıAhmet Cem İyibozkurtYeşim Erbil

Amaç:Uterusun en sık karşılaşılan tümörleri myomlardır. Ultrason incelemesinde myomlar karakteristik görüntüleri ile kolayca tanınabilirler. Bununla beraber dejenere myomların görüntüleme yöntemleri ile tanınmaları zor olabilir. Bu olgu sunumunda preoperatif değerlendirmede primer over tümörü düşündüğümüz fakat histolojik tanısı kistik dejenerasyona uğramış myoma uteri olan bir hastamızı sunmaktayız.

Olgu sunumu: 41 yaşındaki hasta abdominal gerginlik ve pelvik ağrı nedeniyle refere edildi. Tüm batın ultrasonografi incelemesinde büyük, kompleks, kistik komponenti baskın, 20*30 cm boyutlarında, tüm batını dolduran ve over kanseri düşündüren bir kitle saptandı. MR incelemesi kitlenin büyük, ince cidarlı ve ön planda kistik olduğunu gösterdi. Kistin içerisinde solid komponentlerde kontrast tutulumu saptandı. Tümör göstergeçleri normal aralıkta idi. Kitlenin boyutları, kistik yapısı ve ince duvarları tanının primer over tümörü olduğunu düşündürdü. Laparotomide uterustan kaynaklanan, tüm abdominal kaviteyi dolduran, kompleks yapıda ve kistik komponenti baskın olan bir kitle saptadık. Total histerektomi ve bilateral salpingooferektomi yapıldı. Peroperatif patolojik inceleme (frozen section – dondurarak kesme) sonucu dejenere myom olarak geldi. Hastanın postoperatif takibi sorunsuz geçti ve hasta 5. günde taburcu edildi. Patoloji sonucu kistik ve miksoid dejenerasyon içeren, mitoz ve nekroz içermeyen, myoma uteri olarak geldi.

Sonuç: Kistik dejenerasyon içeren myoma uteri görüntüleme yöntemlerinde over tümörünü taklit edebilir ve adneksiyal kitle yönetiminde ayırıcı tanıda dejenere myom da düşünülmelidir.


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Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, B., İyibozkurt, A.C., & Erbil, Y. (2016). UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 79(4), 172-174. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495


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Karamustafaoğlu Balcı B, İyibozkurt A C, Erbil Y. UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. 2016;79(4):172-174. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495


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Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, B.; İyibozkurt, A.C.; Erbil, Y. UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, [Publisher Location], v. 79, n. 4, p. 172-174, 2016.


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Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, Burçin, and Ahmet Cem İyibozkurt and Yeşim Erbil. 2016. “UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT.” Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 79, no. 4: 172-174. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495


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Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, Burçin, and Ahmet Cem İyibozkurt and Yeşim Erbil. UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT.” Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 79, no. 4 (Apr. 2025): 172-174. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495


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Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, B & İyibozkurt, AC & Erbil, Y 2016, 'UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT', Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 172-174, viewed 29 Apr. 2025, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495


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Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, B. and İyibozkurt, A.C. and Erbil, Y. (2016) ‘UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT’, Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 79(4), pp. 172-174. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495 (29 Apr. 2025).


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Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, Burçin, and Ahmet Cem İyibozkurt and Yeşim Erbil. UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT.” Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, vol. 79, no. 4, 2016, pp. 172-174. [Database Container], https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495


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Karamustafaoğlu Balcı B, İyibozkurt AC, Erbil Y. UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine [Internet]. 29 Apr. 2025 [cited 29 Apr. 2025];79(4):172-174. Available from: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495 doi: https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495


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Karamustafaoğlu Balcı, Burçin - İyibozkurt, AhmetCem - Erbil, Yeşim. UTERINE MYOMA WITH CYSTIC DEGENERATION MIMICKING OVARIAN NEOPLASM: A CASE REPORT”. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 79/4 (Apr. 2025): 172-174. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.308495



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