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01-08-2003 | Case Report

Fibroid in the buttock: an unexpected diagnosis

Authors: Ciaran F. Keogh, William C. Torreggiani, Richard Gee, John X. O'Connell, Peter L. Munk

Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 8/2003

Abstract

Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are very common lesions with well-described imaging features. We present an unusual case of a fibroid which presented in the buttock with atypical clinical and imaging features in a woman who had had a previous hysterectomy. Despite extensive imaging and biopsies, the diagnosis was not suspected until pathological evaluation of the resected mass. The differential diagnosis for such a lesion, and the imaging and pathological features of fibroids, including atypical and parasitic leiomyomas, are discussed.

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Title: Fibroid in the buttock: an unexpected diagnosis
Authors: Ciaran F. Keogh
William C. Torreggiani
Richard Gee
John X. O'Connell
Peter L. Munk
Publication date: 01-08-2003
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Skeletal Radiology / Issue 8/2003
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-003-0650-0

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