OBJECTIVES The aim of this guideline is to provide clinicians with an understanding of the pathophysiology, prevalence, and clinical significance of myomata and the best evidence available on treatment modalities. OPTIONS The areas of clinical practice considered in formulating this guideline were assessment, medical treatments, conservative treatments of myolysis, selective uterine artery oc...

The spectrum of uterine smooth muscle cell tumours (SMT) ranges from leiomyomas to leiomyosarcomas (LMS). Atypical (AL) are a SMT contentious nature due its indeterminate malignant potential. Although the risk recurrence is low there limited experience on management. On other hand, it generally believed that LMS arises de novo, rather than precursor lesion.

Smooth muscle tumors of the uterus are rare in rats. In our colony such tumors have never been found. It is true, however, that only a fraction of the colony has been allowed to reach extreme old age before autopsy. Bullock and Curtis (1) have data on over 2450 rats with cysticercus tumors and 489 rats with independent or primary spontaneous tumors. In the latter group there were 48 uterine tum...

Background/introduction Symptomatic localized adenomyosis is generally treated conservatively, or with more radical treatments such as hysterectomy. An effective non-invasive therapy is needed, especially for those who wish to preserve their fertility. MR-guided Focused Ultrasound ablation (MRgFUS) has been shown as an effective treatment for symptomatic uterine leiomyomas with a large non-perf...

Renal leiomyomas are benign tumors originating from the smooth muscle cells of various renal structures, and are found in approximately 5% of the population based on autopsy series. However, their clinical incidence is much lower. Renal leiomyomas are usually small and discovered incidentally during imaging studies performed for various other reasons. Here we report 2 cases of incidentally foun...

Leiomyomas are the most common benign mesenchymal uterine tumour. The vast majority of these have a typical macroscopic and histological appearance. Approximately 10% leiomyomas subtyped due to unusual or microscopic differences. Cotyledonoid dissecting considered one rarer subtypes leiomyoma, with distinct features that can be worrying for malignancy require correlation diagnosis. Whilst will ...

Leiomyomas are benign tumors extending from smooth muscle cells and only few cases of paraurethral leiomyomas have been described in the literature. They are often seen in the reproductive age and around 50% of the cases are asymptomatic. We describe a 59-year-old woman with a solid mobile tumor below the symphysis revealed at a gynecological examination. Transvaginal ultrasound and MRI confirm...