A case of endometriotic cyst enlargement during pregnancy owing to desmoplasia and rupture at 36 weeks of gestation

Radiology Case Reports

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Shohei Tanabe¹  Sachiyo Sugino¹  Kotaro Ichida¹  Kiyoshi Niiya¹  Syuji Morishima¹ 

[1] Kobe City Medical Center, West Hospital

关键词: Endometriotic cyst;    Desmoplasia;    Pregnancy;    Ovarian cancer;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.radcr.2022.10.053

学科分类：生物化学工程

来源: University of Washington * Department of Radiology

【 摘 要 】

Decidualized ovarian endometrioma is a rare phenomenon that occurs during pregnancy. A 43-year-old pregnant woman with an endometriotic cyst increased owing to desmoplasia presented to us urgently with abdominal pain and was performed a cesarean section at 36 weeks and 1 day of pregnancy. The left ovarian cyst was noted to be partially ruptured, and the pathological diagnosis was an endometriotic cyst with desmoplasia. Endometriotic cysts may enlarge during pregnancy owing to desmoplasia and rupture in the last trimester of pregnancy, causing acute abdomen.

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