MR imaging findings of extraovarian endocervical mucinous borderline tumors arising from pelvic endometriosis

Korean J Radiol. 2013 Nov-Dec;14(6):918-22. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2013.14.6.918. Epub 2013 Nov 5.

Abstract

We report MR imaging findings of a rare case of endocervical mucinous borderline tumor (MBT) involving the cul-de-sac and left fallopian tube arising from extensive pelvic endometriosis with pathologic correlation in a 35-year-old woman presented with vague pelvic pain. Endocervical MBT is a type of endometriosis-associated carcinoma. Imaging findings of endocervical MBT are unilocular or oligolocular cystic lesions with enhancing mural nodules, which are different from those of the more common intestinal type MBT.

Keywords: Endocervical; Endometriosis; Mucinous borderline tumor; Müllerian.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cystadenoma, Mucinous / diagnosis*
  • Cystadenoma, Mucinous / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endometriosis / complications
  • Endometriosis / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / etiology
  • Pelvis
  • Precancerous Conditions / diagnosis*
  • Precancerous Conditions / etiology