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Case Report
Angiosarcoma of the ovary arising in a mucinous cystadenoma
Article first published online: 15 APR 2011
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20821
Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Aragon, L., Terreros, D., Ho, H., Greenberg, H. and Kupesic Plavsic, S. (2011), Angiosarcoma of the ovary arising in a mucinous cystadenoma. J. Clin. Ultrasound, 39: 351–355. doi: 10.1002/jcu.20821
Publication History
- Issue published online: 3 JUN 2011
- Article first published online: 15 APR 2011
- Manuscript Accepted: 22 FEB 2011
- Manuscript Received: 13 AUG 2010
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Keywords:
- ovary;
- mucinous cystadenoma;
- angiosarcoma;
- color Doppler ultrasound;
- MRI
Abstract
We report the case of a 39-year-old woman who presented with a pelvic mass extending into the upper abdomen. Transabdominal sonography revealed a complex left adnexal mass. Color Doppler imaging and spectral Doppler analysis showed increased vascularity with low impedance blood flow signals, suggestive of neovascularization. The patient underwent a laparotomy and a 56-kg predominantly cystic tumor was removed from the left adnexal region. The patient died 3 months later with pulmonary metastases and massive pulmonary hemorrhage. Postmortem resampling of the ovarian tumor initially diagnosed as mucinous cystadenoma showed nodular areas of malignant pleomorphic cells consistent with angiosarcoma. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011;