LIPOMATOUS TUMORS OF THE UTERUS - ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN 11 CASES

We reviewed the ultrasonographic findings in eight patients with 11 li pomatous uterine tumors studied with transabdominal (eight cases) and transvaginal (six cases) techniques. A transvaginal color Doppler stud y was obtained in five patients. Two patients had more than one nodule (two and three uterine nodules, respectively). All lipomatous tumors had regular margins and were hyperechoic. Transvaginal sonography allo wed the identification of one small previously undetected tumor but wa s not able to image the entire extent of two large lipomatous masses. In one case, it helped to establish the actual uterine origin of an ec centric pelvic mass. Color Doppler sonography showed complete absence of flow in all tumors examined. We believe that lipomatous tumors of t he uterus can be diagnosed with a high degree of certainty by ultrason ography if a homogeneously hyperechoic avascular mass can be clearly i dentified to be of uterine origin.