BACKGROUND Although leiomyomas are the most common gynecologic disorders, non-puerperal uterine inversion due to leiomyoma is considered as a rare clinical problem. This condition can occur as a complication of a large sub-mucous leiomyoma that leads to dilate cervix and protrude into vagina. The patient may have several symptoms such as heavy vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain and intermittent acut...

STUDY QUESTION Is use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) a risk factor for or a protective factor against prevalent uterine leiomyoma? SUMMARY ANSWER Ever use of DMPA was associated with a decreased risk (adjusted risk ratio (RR): 0.8, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.6, 0.9) of prevalent leiomyoma in young African American women. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Although progesterone is assoc...

Objects: To investigate the pathogenesis of amyloid presented in uterine leiomyoma. Methods: 36 uterine leiomyoma patients were recruited and divided into two groups according to Congo red staining results. 6 cases are Congo red staining-positive, and 30 cases Congo red staining-negative which represented amyloid positive and amyloid negative respectively. All patients’ serum total protein (TP)...

Leiomyomas are benign tumors that originate from smooth muscle cells. Leiomyomas are well known to be the commonest neoplasm arising from the uterus but leiomyomas originating from the scrotum is a rare entity. They originate from the subcutaneous tissue or tunica dartos and can be solitary or multiple. We present a case of solitary scrotal leiomyoma in a 75 years old male who presented with a ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the clinicopathologic profile of leiomyoma in surgically removed uteri in a rural tertiary care hospital of north India between January 2008 and August 2012. METHODS Fibroids are the most common benign tumors of reproductive-age women, with the genital tract being the most common site for tumors. The type of fibroids and secondary changes were confirmed by histopathologi...

Benassayag, C., M. J. Leroy, V. Rigourd, B. Robert, J. C. Honoré, T. M. Mignot, M. C. Vacher-Lavenu, C. Chapron, and F. Ferré. Estrogen receptors (ERa/ERb) in normal and pathological growth of the human myometrium: pregnancy and leiomyoma. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Endocrinol. Metab. 39): E1112–E1118, 1999.—The distributions of the mRNAs for estrogen receptors (ERa and ERb) and their binding propert...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the roles of insulin-like growth factor II (IGF2), myeloperoxidase (MPO), E-cadherin (CDH1), urokinase and xeroderma pigmentosum group A and D (XPA, XPD) polymorphisms upon leiomyoma susceptibility. STUDY DESIGN Women were divided into: group 1, leiomyoma (n=158); group 2, non-leiomyoma (n=156). Polymorphisms (IGF2 exon 9*A/G, MPO-463*A/G, CDH1-Pml I, urokinase-ApaL,...

Abstract Background Leiomyoma is a benign fibromuscular neoplasm originating from smooth muscle cells. Paraurethral leiomyoma an extremely rare, benign, hormone-dependent growth the mesenchymal cells in paraurethral space of female urethra. They usually appear reproductive age group women, mean presentation being approximately 41 years. Case A 48-year-old woman presented with palpable mass at v...

Leiomyoma is a benign tumor of unknown etiology the uterus. stimulated by an excess steroids, disruption apoptotic mechanisms, and local growth factors.We conducted retrospective analysis operative material with leiomyoma reproductive period women uterine body. The study revealed: sharp increase in incidence intramural leiomyoma; Histological structural features are characteristic proliferative...

A pure leiomyoma of the prostate is a rare tumor. Less than 30 cases about prostatic leiomyoma have been reported. Pathologic anatomy examination is the only medium for definitive diagnosis and is important to rule out malignancies such as leiomyosarcoma. We describe an accidental finding of a tumor in the right prostate lobe of a 54 year old man, who was diagnosed with prostatic leiomyoma and ...