Uterine lipoleiomyomas: US and CT findings

Abstract

Fatty tumors of the uterus are rare. The reported incidence differs, from 0.03% to 0.2%. Two new cases of uterine lipoleiomyoma are presented with ultrasound, computed tomography, and pathologic correlation. To date, only seven cases have been reported in the radiologic literature.

Exophytic Lipoleiomyoma of the Uterus Mimicking Ovarian Teratoma: A Case Report

“…The incidence of this tumor has been reported to be between 0.03 % and 0.2% (4). As for this case, it is known that uterine lipoleiomyoma is a typical finding in postmenopausal women from 50 to 70 years old, and 90% of the patients with this diagnosis are older than 40 years of age (5).…”

“…ine body, and it is generally an intramural neoplasm; however, its location may be subserosal (4). Uterine lipoleiomyoma is generally associated with uterine leiomyoma and its management is identical to that of leiomyoma (4).…”

“…Uterine lipoleiomyoma is generally associated with uterine leiomyoma and its management is identical to that of leiomyoma (4). Patients with this tumor may be asymptomatic.…”

“…Uterine lipoleiomyoma usually appears on ultrasonography as a well-defined hyperechoic mass with a partial hypoechoic ring (4,6). CT may reveal a large, encapsulated, heterogeneous, predominantly fatty mass with non-fatty soft-tissue densities arising from the uterus (4).…”

A Case Report and Review of the Literature on Uterine Fatty Tumours (UFT): A Field of Heterogeneous Data

“…Little or nothing about UFT is found in important gynaecological journals. Moreover it is not clear which diagnostic tool among ultrasound, CT and MR should be best utilized for clinical follow up of these nodules [7,8], whether hysterectomy should or not always warranted [9,10] and how frequently a malignant transformation of these tumours should also be expected [3,11]. We report here a single case of UFT along with a full literature review on this topic with the aim to help gynaecologists in the clinical counselling of these tumours.…”