Occasionally a gynecologist performing a thorough ultrasound examination of the female pelvis will come across unusual findings. In the following case a non-hodgkin Lymphoma was misinterpreted as an incidental ovarian tumor in a postmenopausal patient.
A non-hodgkin lymphoma in a postmenopausal patient presenting no particular symptoms.
Laparoscopic image of the left pelvic side wall as the grasper displaces the left IP ligament. The left ovary is normal. L: retroperitoneal non-hodgkin lymphoma seen transperitoneally, O: left ovary, S: left Salpinx.
After biopsy confirmed the diagnosis, chemotherapy was initiated.