Shinya Takayoshi, Shibamoto Kentaro, Maeba Kiyoka, Kato Katsuya, Monobe Yasumasa, Fujiwara Michihisa, Hongo Atsushi
Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School General Medical Centre, 2-6-2 Nakasange, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama, 700-8505, Japan.
Department of Pathology, Kawasaki Medical School General Medical Centre, 2-6-2 Nakasange, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama, 700-8505, Japan.
Eur J Radiol Open. 2021 Feb 3;8:100328. doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2021.100328. eCollection 2021.
Uterine myxoid leiomyosarcomas (MLMSs) are extremely rare. Here, we report a rare case of uterine MLMS with unique and bizarre magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings on diffusion-weighted images (DWIs) and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI scans. A 67-year-old woman presented with a uterine MLMS that had a multilocular cystic mass with a septum and solid components. The tumour demonstrated marked hyperintensity on T2-weighted images in a myxoid stroma with gradual partial contrast enhancement and diffusion restriction, which could be a characteristic feature suggestive of a myxoid malignant smooth muscle tumour of the uterus rather than a uterine leiomyoma with myxoid degeneration.
子宫黏液性平滑肌肉瘤(MLMS)极为罕见。在此,我们报告一例罕见的子宫MLMS,其在扩散加权成像(DWI)和动态对比增强(DCE)磁共振成像(MRI)扫描中具有独特且奇异的表现。一名67岁女性患有子宫MLMS,表现为具有分隔和实性成分的多房囊性肿块。该肿瘤在T2加权图像上的黏液样基质中呈明显高信号,对比剂逐渐部分增强且有扩散受限,这可能是提示子宫黏液性恶性平滑肌肿瘤而非黏液样变性的子宫平滑肌瘤的特征性表现。