Copyright © 2012. Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Due to its bizarre and atypical behavior, accurate diagnosis of a pelvic mass prior to exploration of the pelvic cavity by laparotomy or laparoscopy is a challenge to the gynecologist. Pelvic mass is one of the most common clinical presentations, representing a number of benign and malignant conditions. Beforehand knowledge of whethe...

BACKGROUND Uterine lipoleiomyoma is a rare and specific type of leiomyoma. CASE REPORT A 60-year-old postmenopausal woman presented with abdominal pain. Her pelvic ultrasound demonstrated a normal- sized uterus with a well- circumscribed, heterogeneous mass located in the anterior corpus. A pelvic MRI revealed a mass including hyperintense areas on T1-weighted images and hypointense on fat-su...

The author discusses assessment and referral considerations for clinicians in a primary care setting when pelvic or adnexal mass has been detected order to rule out potential ovarian malignancy.

Lymphangiomas are rare benign congenital malformations of the lymphatic system. Clinical presentation varies from asymptomatic masses to acute abdominal pain. A 25-year-old female who presented with acute onset of abdominal distension and severe pelvic pain is presented. As a palpable mass was found on the pelvic examination and ultrasonography demonstrated a hypoechoic cystic mass, an ovarian ...

Solitary fibrous tumours are rare spindle cell tumours that generally arise from the pleura but on rare occasions arise in other locations such as the head and neck region, stomach and retroperitoneum. Very few reports exist on the imaging findings of these tumours in extra pleural sites such as the mesentery. We report the computed tomography (CT) imaging findings of a rare case of solitary fi...

Introduction: The mature teratoma or dermoid cyst of the ovary is a benign tumor with good prognosis which constitutes less than 1% ovarian tumors. Its association pregnancy rare. Case Report: We report case 30-year-old woman admitted for acute pelvic pain an abdomino-pelvic mass diagnosed on ultrasound supplemented by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). indication surgical exploration was given ...

The obturator nerve is an extremely rare location for schwannomas to originate, and such diagnosis is typically not considered among the imaging diagnostic possibilities for a cystic-solid pelvic mass. A 63-year-old female with a known pelvic mass presented with increasing pelvic pain. The mass, which had been followed by serial imaging over five years, was described showing mixed solid and cys...