Herein, we report on a well-characterized benign metastasizing leiomyoma, presented in an unusual site. Up to the knowledge of authors, so far, only 76 cases of benign metastasizing leiomyoma have been reported. The tumor presented as a retroperitoneal mass three years after a hysterectomy Performed for leiomyomatosis of the uterus with extensive areas of hyalinization. Histopathologic and immu...

Leiomyoma is one of the most commonly observed esophageal submucosal tumors, often appearing as a smooth-surfaced and semicircular protruded lesion. It sometimes grows toward the esophageal lumen and may be pedunculated in rare cases. We encountered a case of a pedunculated esophageal submucosal tumor diagnosed before treatment as a leiomyoma originating in the muscularis mucosae of a 68-year-o...

STUDY QUESTION Are interleukin-33 (IL-33) serum levels higher in women with uterine leiomyoma compared with controls without leiomyoma? SUMMARY ANSWER Serum IL-33 is elevated in women with uterine leiomyoma and correlated with features of uterine leiomyoma tumour burden, namely fibroid number, size and weight. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Uterine leiomyomas are the most common benign tumours in pr...

A case of leiomyoma of the kidney is reported. A 57-year-old man with the chief complaint of right back pain was consulted to our hospital. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a right renal tumor. Right renal angiography revealed a hypovascular lesion. Under the diagnosis of right renal tumor, right radical nephrectomy was performed. Gross evaluation revealed a well encapsulated sol...

Leiomyomas are the most common pelvic tumors in women. About 20-30% of women older than 35 are affected. Rare conditions of leiomyomas have extrauterine locations. Myxoid degeneration is a rare type of leiomyoma degeneration. We report a case of solid-cystic myxoid leiomyoma in a 53-year-old woman complained of constipation, urinary hesitation, and malodorous vaginal discharge with palpable 17 ...

Hemangioblastoma is a rare benign tumor; common by found in the central nervous system, about 25% is associated with Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. Renal hemangioblastoma is extremely rare. The leiomyoma generally occurs in organs with abundant of smooth muscle such as uterus, gastrointestinal tract or subcutaneous soft tissue. It’s unusual to see it in the kidney, while the renal epithelioid...

BACKGROUND Pseudoachalasia is a rare disorder whose presentation strongly resembles idiopathic achalasia. CASE PRESENTATION Here, we present a case of a 42-year-old female patient with esophageal leiomyoma who was initially diagnosed with achalasia. On endoscopical investigation, however, it became apparent that she had pseudoachalasia as consequence of a leiomyoma at the esophagogastric junc...

Leiomyoma is a benign smooth muscle neoplasm. They can occur in any organ, but the most common forms occur in the uterus, small bowel and the esophagus. Leiomyoma of breast is a rare benign non epithelial tumor. Most leiomyomas in the breast are found in the subareolar region. There are few cases being reported in the literature. Here we report a case of 52 years old lady who presented to us wi...

Urethral leiomyoma is an extremely rare condition that arises from the smooth muscle of the urethra. To the best of our knowledge, there is only a single reported recurrence treated by a repeat excision in the literature to date. The present study reports an exceptionally rare case of a recurrent huge leiomyoma of the female urethra. The 47-year-old female was diagnosed with a huge mass located...

Leiomyoma of vulva is rare, and usually misdiagnosed clinically as Bartholin cyst. It usually presents spindle-shaped tumor cells, but some rare cases consisted mainly of atypical epithelioid tumor cells. We report here a case of 30-year-old woman consulting with a vulvar mass of 7 cm in the Bartholin glands area. The lesion was surgically excised with its capsule completely. Pathological exami...