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The MRI findings in a case of ovarian mucinous borderline tumor mimicking a serous surface borderline tumor

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Exophytic papillary growth from the surface epithelium is one of the features suggesting serous surface borderline tumors of the ovary in which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) typically shows a hyperintense papillary mass with a hypointense internal branching structure on T2-weighted images. We herein report a case of an endocervical-like mucinous borderline tumor of the ovary, which showed an exophytic papillary growth pattern on MRI as well as pathology. Such a growth pattern is known to be characteristic of serous borderline tumors, but it should be noted that it could also be a finding in mucinous borderline tumors.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Nagasaki University Hospital, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

    Aya Shimamoto, Keiko Segawa & Masataka Uetani

  2. Department of Radiology, St. Francis Hospital, 9-20 Komine, Nagasaki, 852-8125, Japan

    Ichiro Isomoto

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

    Ayumi Matsumoto

  4. Department of Pathology, Nagasaki University Hospital, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

    Kuniko Abe

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Shimamoto, A., Isomoto, I., Segawa, K. et al. The MRI findings in a case of ovarian mucinous borderline tumor mimicking a serous surface borderline tumor. Jpn J Radiol 32, 552–555 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-014-0332-y

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