An unusual presentation of endometrial polyp

A 33-year-old woman was incidentally found to have a polypoid adenofibroma on MR imaging during the evaluation of carcinoma in situ of the cervix. The position of the polypoid lesion was variable from time to time. Although the lesion was a benign pedunculated one, T2-weighted MR images showed disru...

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Veröffentlicht in:European radiology 2002-12, Vol.12 (12), p.2906-2909
Hauptverfasser: Haque, Tabassum Laz, Togashi, Kaori, Koyama, Takashi, Fujii, Shingo, Konishi, Junji
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Zusammenfassung:A 33-year-old woman was incidentally found to have a polypoid adenofibroma on MR imaging during the evaluation of carcinoma in situ of the cervix. The position of the polypoid lesion was variable from time to time. Although the lesion was a benign pedunculated one, T2-weighted MR images showed disruption of "junctional zone" in the posterior myometrial wall of the uterus, mimicking myometrial invasion of endometrial carcinoma.
ISSN:0938-7994
1432-1084
DOI:10.1007/s00330-002-1327-0