Lipoleiomyoma of the peritoneum

The Peritoneum

Uterin Lipoleiomyoma: MR Findings

BACKGROUND Uterine lipoleiomyoma is a rare and specific type of leiomyoma. CASE REPORT A 60-year-old postmenopausal woman presented with abdominal pain. Her pelvic ultrasound demonstrated a normal- sized uterus with a well- circumscribed, heterogeneous mass located in the anterior corpus. A pelvic MRI revealed a mass including hyperintense areas on T1-weighted images and hypointense on fat-su...

Lipoleiomyoma of the Uterus – a Case Report

Introduction. Lipoleiomyoma (LL) is a rare, benign neoplasm, which most frequently occurs in postmenopausal women and is predominantly located in the uterus. However, extrauterine locations have been reported as well, e.g., in the broad ligament of the uterus, ovary, and peritoneum. Usually, LL is found in association with ordinary uterine leiomyomas. The incidence of this neoplasm is estimated...

A case of retroperitoneal lipoleiomyoma.

We report a case of lipoleiomyoma which arose in retroperitoneum and presented with progressively distended abdomen in a 56-yr-old woman. The tumor was well encapsulated and consisted of two components, benign smooth muscle cells and mature adipose tissue without any atypia. It is likely to be mistaken as extrarenal angiomyolipoma, well-differentiated liposarcoma and leiomyoma with fatty change...

Biopsy of the peritoneum.