Corpus albicans

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The corpus albicans is a fibrous scar that results from the involution of the corpus luteum if fertilisation does not occur. When seen on ultrasound, it is a small, lobulated echogenic intra-ovarian lesion.

History and etymology

It is Latin for "whitening body", after the white appearance of the fibrous tissue.