Ependymoma of the broad ligament mimicking an ovarian surface epithelial tumor

Ryo Inukai, MD; Tatsuya Kawai, MD; Ryutaro Nishikawa, MD; Shino Ogawa, MD; Ryuji Kojima, MD; Nozomi Kita, MD; Hideo Hattori, MD; Yuta Shibamoto, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Jan 2021)

Ependymoma of the broad ligament mimicking an ovarian surface epithelial tumor

Ryo Inukai, MD,
Tatsuya Kawai, MD,
Ryutaro Nishikawa, MD,
Shino Ogawa, MD,
Ryuji Kojima, MD,
Nozomi Kita, MD,
Hideo Hattori, MD,
Yuta Shibamoto, MD

Affiliations

Ryo Inukai, MD: Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Tatsuya Kawai, MD: Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan; Corresponding author.
Ryutaro Nishikawa, MD: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Shino Ogawa, MD: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Ryuji Kojima, MD: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Nozomi Kita, MD: Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Hideo Hattori, MD: Department of Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan
Yuta Shibamoto, MD: Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 210 – 214

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We report a case of ependymoma of the broad ligament occurring in a 21-year-old woman. CT and MRI findings showed a 40-mm-diameter, well-demarcated cystic mass with a lobulated solid component in the right pelvis. The solid component showed heterogeneous intermediate signal intensity on T2-weighted image and prolonged mild contrast enhancement. The tumor was resected and confirmed as ependymoma based on the histologic findings along with its immunohistochemical profile. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an adnexal ependymoma describing the precise radiological characteristics that resembled those of borderline or malignant epithelial ovarian tumors.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/radiology-case-reports/

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