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Uterine lipoma: MRI features with pathologic correlation.

Coumbaras M, Validire P, Strauss C, Herry M, Dahan H, Palau R

Department of Radiology, L'Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 Boulevard Jourdan, Paris, cedex 14, 75674, France. marc.coumbaras@imm.fr

Fatty tumors of the uterus are rare. Most reported cases have been of the mixed type, consisting of smooth muscle and mature adipose tissue. We present the first case of a pure lipoma with pathologic correlation in which a preoperative diagnosis was made by magnetic resonance imaging.

Published 6 April 2005 in Abdom Imaging, 30(2): 239-41.
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