Two cases of pregnant women with ovarian endometrioma mimicking a malignant ovarian tumor

J Clin Ultrasound. 2008 Oct;36(8):512-6. doi: 10.1002/jcu.20496.

Abstract

The detection of an ovarian mass during pregnancy is often a diagnostic challenge. We describe 2 cases of ovarian endometrioma during pregnancy with marked mural nodules on the cyst wall. The sonographic and MR imaging findings mimicked ovarian cancer. Surgical intervention may still be inevitable to exclude the possibility of malignancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endometriosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Endometriosis / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pregnancy
  • Ultrasonography