which uterine myomatous masses must be removed?

Authors

azar danesh shahraki department of obstetrics and gynecology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran

fereshteh mohammadizadeh department of pathology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran

elham nagshineh department of obstetrics and gynecology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran

leila hashemi department of obstetrics and gynecology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran

abstract

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 sir, leiomyoma is the most common tumor of uterus and female pelvis. leiomyosarcoma almost always arise de novo and almost it doesn’t results from sarcomatous transformation of a leiomyoma. one of the most controversial concepts on the subject of uterine smooth muscle tumors is smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (stump), a term first used by kempson in 1973. [1] these are a group of heterogeneous and uncommon uterine smooth muscle tumors which fulfill some but not all the diagnostic criteria for leiomyosarcoma. this makes them unclassifiable by currently available criteria as unequivocally benign or malignant. [1] in these tumors, it is simply impossible with current tools to predict the behavior with certainty and this makes their management difficult. [2]…

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