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Follow-up(18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Evaluation of a Torsion of Uterine Fibroid in an Elderly Female

Fibroids are rare in postmenopausal females. Torsion of pedunculated uterine fibroid is also a very rare occurrence in elderly females. We report a rare case of an 84-year-old multiparous, postmenopausal female, a treated case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, presenting with a large abdominal mass. T...

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Autores principales: Drolia, Babita, Gupta, Nitin, Verma, Ritu, Belho, Ethel Shangne, Dhawan, Shashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7905289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33642759
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_104_20
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Sumario:Fibroids are rare in postmenopausal females. Torsion of pedunculated uterine fibroid is also a very rare occurrence in elderly females. We report a rare case of an 84-year-old multiparous, postmenopausal female, a treated case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, presenting with a large abdominal mass. The comparative positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan study of the patient revealed that a new mass in the abdomen and pelvis connected with the left adnexa with a pedicle and previously seen fibroid was not visualized on the present scan, thus raising suspicion of torsion of subserosal fibroid. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of fibroid.