Primary ovarian leiomyoma: a rare cause of ovarian tumor in adolescence

Christina Wei; Nenad Lilic; Nicholas Shorter; Eugene Garrow

doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2007.07.001

Primary ovarian leiomyoma: a rare cause of ovarian tumor in adolescence

J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2008 Feb;21(1):33-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2007.07.001.

Authors

Christina Wei¹, Nenad Lilic, Nicholas Shorter, Eugene Garrow

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.

PMID: 18312799
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2007.07.001

Abstract

A pediatric case of ovarian leiomyoma is presented. A review of the literature indicates that, in contrast to older patients, pediatric/young adult patients usually present with bilateral disease and do not have associated uterine leiomyomas.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Female
Humans
Leiomyoma / diagnostic imaging
Leiomyoma / pathology*
Leiomyoma / surgery
Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed