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leiomyomas
Wednesday 1 December 2004
Localization
visceral leiomyomas
- uterine leiomyoma
- bronchial leiomyoma
- digestive leiomyoma
- esophageal leiomyoma
- gastric leiomyoma
- colorectal leiomyoma of muscularis mucosae
leiomyoma of the external genitalia
deep soft tissue leiomyoma
- intra-abdominal deep soft tissue leiomyoma (retroperitoneal-abdominal leiomyoma, retroperitoneal leiomyoma )
- extra-abdominal deep soft tissue leiomyoma
Subtypes
atypical leiomyoma / symplastic leiomyoma
Videos
Endoscopy of a gastric leiomyoma
References
Sandberg AA. Updates on the cytogenetics and molecular genetics of bone and soft tissue tumors: leiomyoma. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2005 Apr 1;158(1):1-26. PMID: 15771900
Billings SD, Folpe AL, Weiss SW. Do leiomyomas of deep soft tissue exist? An analysis of highly differentiated smooth muscle tumors of deep soft tissue supporting two distinct subtypes. Am J Surg Pathol. 2001 Sep;25(9):1134-42. PMID: 11688572
