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ABSTRACT A Retrospective Study Of Broad Ligament Fibroids On Ultrasonography And Computed Tomography Scan. Background: Among the extrauterine fibroids, broad ligament fibroids are most common to occur although its overall incidence being rare. Because of its rarity it poses specific diagnostic difficulties causing an error in making the final diagnosis and therefore the management. A huge degenerated broad ligament fibroid can mimic adnexal mass on clinical examination and at imaging so extrauterine leiomyoma should be kept in the differential diagnosis of adnexal mass. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted from December 2012 to November 2022 in MVJ Medical College by a computer-assisted search of the reports of pre-operative ultrasonographic and computed tomography images of all the patients who underwent surgery for suspected broad ligament fibroids were reviewed. A total of 10 such cases were found and included in the study. Results: 5 (50 %) were in the age group of 30 to 40 years, 3 (30%) patients were in the age group (below 30 years) and 2 (20%) were in the age group (above 40 years). Six lesions (60 % of the cases) were seen in left adnexa and four lesions (40% of the cases) were seen in right adnexa. Four of the patients were clinically presented as mass per abdomen associated with lower abdominal pain. Three of the patients were presented with pain abdomen. Three of the patients were asymptomatic. On ultrasonography six of the lesions were solid, well-defined and hypoechoic in echotexture, three lesions were heterogenous in echotexture and showed cystic areas within and one large lesion showed mixed echogenicity, multiple thick septations with solid cystic components. On NCCT six lesions showed soft density and four lesions showed mixed density. On CECT six lesions showed mild homogenous enhancement, three lesions showed heterogenous enhancement with central non enhancing areas and one lesion showed mixed density with enhancing thick septa and solid components. Conclusion: Broad ligament fibroid is a type of extrauterine fibroid occur infrequently, may mimic malignant adnexal tumours at imaging, and present a diagnostic challenge. So, the main role of imaging is to differentiate it from a possible pedunculated subserosal fibroid or ovarian tumour.