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Ovarian capillary hemangioma presenting as an adnexal mass with massive ascites and elevated CA-125
P A Gehrig1, W C Fowler, R A Lininger
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, USA.
Objective:
Ovarian hemangiomas are very rare with the majority being cavernous hemangiomas. We report a case of a capillary ovarian hemangioma.
Methods:
A case report of a woman with a capillary ovarian hemangioma with massive ascites and an elevated CA-125 is presented.
Results:
A 39-year-old woman presented with an enlarged ovary containing two ovarian cysts. Her CA-125 was elevated to 872 U/ml. On surgical exploration, she had 1500 cc of clear yellow ascitic fluid and a 7.9 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm left ovarian mass. Frozen section revealed marked stromal edema with luteinized cells and no evidence of malignancy. Histologically, the tumor was a cellular capillary hemangioma with an anastomosing vascular pattern.
Conclusions:
This is the first case, reported in the literature, of an ovarian capillary hemangioma presenting with an elevated CA-125 and massive ascites.
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