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Lobulated ovary as a rare congenital anomaly: MR findings

The congenital anomaly of the ovary is classified as a supernumerary, accessory, and lobulated ovary (LO). Although the former two entities are anomalies of abnormal location, LO is a category of morphological abnormality of the ovary. There are several case reports of this entity; however, most of...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Yumiko O., Kanao, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8760526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35059095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.12.041
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description The congenital anomaly of the ovary is classified as a supernumerary, accessory, and lobulated ovary (LO). Although the former two entities are anomalies of abnormal location, LO is a category of morphological abnormality of the ovary. There are several case reports of this entity; however, most of them were diagnosed during surgery or histopathologically. One case report included ultrasound findings, with the diagnosis confirmed during surgery. We report a young-adult case with LO diagnosed and followed up with MR. Although LO is a rare congenital anomaly, it might be misdiagnosed as malignant tumors, as in our case. Therefore, radiologists and gynecologists should look out for this entity in MR findings, which can prove to be crucial in preventing unnecessary surgery.
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spelling pubmed-87605262022-01-19 Lobulated ovary as a rare congenital anomaly: MR findings Tanaka, Yumiko O. Kanao, Hiroyuki Radiol Case Rep Case Report The congenital anomaly of the ovary is classified as a supernumerary, accessory, and lobulated ovary (LO). Although the former two entities are anomalies of abnormal location, LO is a category of morphological abnormality of the ovary. There are several case reports of this entity; however, most of them were diagnosed during surgery or histopathologically. One case report included ultrasound findings, with the diagnosis confirmed during surgery. We report a young-adult case with LO diagnosed and followed up with MR. Although LO is a rare congenital anomaly, it might be misdiagnosed as malignant tumors, as in our case. Therefore, radiologists and gynecologists should look out for this entity in MR findings, which can prove to be crucial in preventing unnecessary surgery. Elsevier 2022-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8760526/ /pubmed/35059095 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.12.041 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Lobulated ovary as a rare congenital anomaly: MR findings
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8760526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35059095
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