BACKGROUND Papillary renal cell carcinoma is a rare cancer. Some cases can be attributed to individuals with hereditary renal cell carcinomas usually consisting of the clear cell subtype. In addition, two syndromes with hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma have been described. One is the hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma, which is characterized by cutaneous and uterine lei...

Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a histologically benign smooth-muscle tumor arising from either a uterine myoma or the walls of a uterine vessel with extension into veins. We describe echocardiographic features of intravenous leiomyomatosis with spread into the right-sided cardiac chambers. The patient was a middle-aged woman, with prior history of hysterectomy 2 years earlier who presented with ...

FH: Fumarate hydratase HLRCC: Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer INTRODUCTION Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC), also known as familial leiomyomatosis cutis et uteri or Reed syndrome, is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that manifests primarily as skin and uterine leiomyomas, usually at earlier ages than in the general population. Renal cell carcinoma also d...

BACKGROUND Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) is defined as the occurrence of multiple tumorous intraabdominal lesions, which are myomatous nodules. LPD is a rare disease with only about 100 cases reported. The usual course of LPD is benign with the majority of the patients being premenopausal females. Only two cases involving men have been reported, no syndrome or familial occurrenc...

We describe a case of painless progressive loss of vision in a 15 years old male patient with Alport syndrome and diffuse Leiomyomatosis. After a comprehensive history and ocular examination, a diagnosis of bilateral posterior subcapsular cataracts was given. Patient underwent cataract extraction. His best corrected post-operative visual acuity was 20/25 in both eyes. We conclude that posterior...

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata is a very rare condition characterized by the development of multiple smooth muscle-like nodules in the peritoneal cavity. It is associated with increased serum levels of gonadal steroids. The present report describes a 29-year-old patient underwent transabdominal hysterectomy and Bilateral Salpingo oophorectomy six years ago because of leiomyomatosis per...

INTRODUCTION Diffuse esophageal leiomyomatosis is a rare disease. Misdiagnosis is frequent and previous surgeries can complicate surgical management. The only treatment described for severe symptomatic cases is esophagectomy. PRESENTATION OF CASE We describe a case of diffuse esophageal leiomyomatosis associated with Alport syndrome in a 21 year-old female where endoscopic ultrasonography (EU...

Leiomyomatosis of lymph nodes is an extremely rare disease. Only a few cases have previously been reported in pelvic lymph nodes. They were related to a benign uterine leiomyoma, a metastasizing uterine leiomyoma, an endometrial adenocarcinoma, and an ovarian endometrioid carcinoma. We report on a case of leiomyomatosis of the mesenteric lymph nodes associated with a duodenal adenocarcinoma wit...

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD)--or diffuse abdominal leiomyomatosis--is a very rare benign abdominal entity. Only a little more than 100 cases have been reported in the English literature since its first description in 1965. Middle aged female are typically affected and the clinical presentation is rather aspecific. The differential diagnosis between benign LPD and diffuse perito...

BACKGROUND Uterine leiomyomas represent the gynecological neoplasm with the highest prevalence worldwide. This apparently benign pathological entity may permeate into the venous system causing the so-called intravenous leiomyomatosis of the uterus (IVL). IVL may seldom extend to large caliber veins and reach the right cardiac chambers or pulmonary arteries and cause signs of right sided congest...