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Angiosarcoma of the ovary arising in a mucinous cystadenoma
Author(s) -
Aragon Lorenzo,
Terreros Daniel,
Ho Hoi,
Greenberg Harvey,
Kupesic Plavsic Sanja
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20821
Subject(s) - medicine , mucinous cystadenoma , vascularity , cystadenoma , radiology , abdomen , ovary , adnexal mass , laparotomy , pancreas
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;