background: increasing serum levels of uric acid (sua) after menopause in women brought up a hypothesis that estrogenic effect may protectively regulate sua. estrogenic effect is a major etiology of uterine fibroids and fibrocystic breast disease. the study aimed to explore sua among patients suffering from these diseases to enhance the hypothesis. methods: overall , 1349 female participants we...

leiomyomas are benign tumors of the soft tissue and may develop in any location where smooth muscle is present. leiomyoma in the inferior vena cava is a rarely seen pathology, and symplastic leiomyoma is also a rare histological variant of leiomyoma. in this case, we present a rare histological variant of symplastic leiomyoma in the inferior vena cava (ivc). this is the first radiologically rep...

Background and Objective: For nearly a century, it has been suspected that reproductive tract infections play an etiologic role in uterine leiomyoma. However, no epidemiologic study of leiomyoma has used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to compare uterine tissues from cases and non-cases, and to investigate associations between uterine leiomyoma and infections detected by PC...

Uterine leiomyoma is the most common benign tumor of genital tract. The etiology of myomas is unknown. Leiomyoma shows a broad spectrum of radiographic appearances depending on the number, size, and location of the tumor. The diagnostic method for uterine leiomyomas is based primarily on the clinical situation. Despite of the varied diagnostic options such as; transvaginal sonography, sonohyste...

although bladder leiomyoma is rare, this is the most frequent nonepithelial benign tumor of the bladder. symptoms and treatment depend on location and size of the lesion as well. the optional treatment is a total enucleation or partial cystectomy, although in biopsy proved cases watchful waiting is an option, surgery should be considered as the tumor grows or symptoms are observed. the etiology...

uterine leiomyoma is the most common benign tumor of genital tract. the etiology of myomas is unknown. leiomyoma shows a broad spectrum of radiographic appearances depending on the number, size, and location of the tumor. the diagnostic method for uterine leiomyomas is based primarily on the clinical situation. despite of the varied diagnostic options such as; transvaginal sonography, sonohyste...

leiomyoma of the esophagus is rare, but it is the commonest among the benigh tumors of the esophagus. among 95 cases of esophageal tumors, there was just 4 cases of leiomyoma (3 were females and 1 was male) and this is contrary to the reports already published. main symptoms of esophageal leiomyoma include: disphagia, pain and hematemesis from the above mentioned cases 1 tumor was in the thorac...

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 ...