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...

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma is a rare disorder involving distant metastases secondary to a smooth muscle tumour of the myometrium. This case report describes a 48-year-old woman with multiple pulmonary nodules noted on post-operative chest x-ray. Further investigation revealed a history of total abdominal hysterectomy for benign fibroids of the uterus, 6 years prior to the scan. CT-guided fi...

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 ...

A case of huge primary leiomyoma of the ureter in which nephroureterectomy was performed is presented. To the best of our knowledge, this case is a unique form of leiomyoma of the ureter due to its large size. There have been only twelve cases of primary leiomyoma of the ureter reported since 1955 and eleven of them were very small and one was big in size but smaller than the present case. Our ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The relationship between leiomyoma and endometriosis is poorly understood. Both contribute to considerable pain and may cause subfertility or infertility in women. We conducted this retrospective study to assess the rate of coexistence of endometriosis in women with symptomatic leiomyoma. The primary outcome measured was the coexistence of histology-proven endometriosi...

Bronchial leiomyoma is extremely rare. To date less than 60 cases have been reported in the world literature. The presented case here is a 30 year old woman who had been treated for bronchial asthma for several years. Her chest radiograph showed bulluos emphysematous changes in the right lung and computer tomography scan found the tumor in the right main bronchus near carina. Diagnosis was made...