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  • Title: Xanthogranulomatous oophoritis mimicking malignancy: a diagnostic dilemma.
    Author: Elahi AA, Nigam A, Pujani M, Batra S.
    Journal: BMJ Case Rep; 2015 Jun 25; 2015():. PubMed ID: 26113594.
    Abstract:
    Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a chronic condition in which the affected organ is replaced by lipid-filled macrophages with plasma cells, lymphocytes and neutrophils. It is very rare in the ovaries. A case of xanthogranulomatous oophoritis in a premenopausal multiparous woman presenting with abnormal uterine bleeding and adnexal mass whose clinical and imaging findings suggested malignancy is reported.
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