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Case Reports
. 2019 Feb;41(2):124-128.
doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1676110. Epub 2018 Dec 12.

Imaging Description of Extragenital Müllerian Adenosarcoma: A Case Report

Annalisa Mone  1 , Piergiorgio Iannone  2
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Case Reports

Imaging Description of Extragenital Müllerian Adenosarcoma: A Case Report

Annalisa Mone et al. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2019 Feb.

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

Müllerian adenosarcoma is a very rare gynecological disease, comprising 5% of uterine sarcomas. Extragenital localizations are even rarer. We report a very interesting case of a 27-year-old woman complaining of pelvic pain, with a subsequent diagnosis of extragenital Müllerian adenosarcoma. This is the first case reported in the literature with a complete and wide imaging description. Even if rare, Müllerian adenosarcoma should be hypothesized in case of young female patients presenting with suspicious pelvic mass.

O adenosarcoma Mülleriano é uma doença ginecológica muito rara, compreendendo 5% dos sarcomas uterinos. Localizações extragenitais são ainda mais raras. Relatamos um caso muito interessante de uma mulher de 27 anos queixando-se de dor pélvica com diagnóstico subsequente de adenosarcoma Mülleriano extragenital. Este é o primeiro caso relatado na literatura com uma descrição completa e ampla de imagem. Mesmo que raro, o adenosarcoma Mülleriano deve ser hipotetizado no caso de pacientes jovens do sexo feminino com massa pélvica suspeita.

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Fig. 1
Copious ascites on transabdominal ultrasound (A) and CECT (B).
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Fig. 2
Transabdominal ultrasound (A) and axial CECT (B-C) images show a large solid, heterogeneous mass containing cystic spaces (▸). Note the presence of calcifications (→) (C).
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Fig. 3
Mass shows internal vascularity on ultrasound color Doppler (A) and axial computed tomography during arterial phase (B-C) (→). Enhancing on venous/portal phase of septa and pseudosepta (D) (→).
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